By IRNA
Berlin : Germany’s Foreign Ministry here Friday summoned Serbia’s envoy to protest Thursday evening’s riots in front of the German and several other western embassies in the Serbian capital Belgrade.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Jaeger told journalists in Berlin that the Serbian charge d’affaires had been called in to be submitted an official protest at the mob attack on the German diplomatic mission in Belgrade.
The German embassy in Belgrade remained closed to the public, he added.
Meanwhile, deputy government spokesman Thomas Steg condemned the riots in front of the German and several other embassies in Belgrade in the “strongest” terms.
One German security official was slightly hurt in the assault and there was substantial property damage to the embassy, Steg added.
He warned that if such incidents are repeated this would have “consequences for the future relationship between Serbia and the European Union.”
Serbia’s ambassador to Berlin had been recalled to Belgrade on Thursday, in addition to other Serbian top diplomats in other countries which have recognized the independence of Kosovo.
Germany was one of the first countries to recognize Kosovo’s independence.