Dacic was addressing citizens outside Gracanica monastery near Pristina, saying Kosovo need not disapprove of Serbia's meddling in the local election because Kosovo Serbs already knew that "a united struggle for national interests is the only guarantee of their survival in Kosovo."
He said it suited Pristina that as few Serbs as possible went to the polls.
"We must do something that doesn't suit them, which is to take power and use it for our interests," Dacic said, calling on Serb political stakeholders in Kosovo not to fight among themselves because Serbs "seek unity."
"There's no help for the Serb people in Kosovo unless Serbia is strong and it can't be strong if it's not united, so I'm calling on you to unite in the defence of our national and state interests."
Commenting on Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci's assessment that his visit to Kosovo was religious in nature, Dacic said this was correct because he believed in Serbia and because "Kosovo is holy land for every Serb and arriving here is a pilgrimage."
He went on to say that Serbs could not fight for their interests in Kosovo with arms but solely political means. "We've had enough of defeats in Kosovo. We need a victory, so I ask that you win in the local election. This isn't a victory for a Serb slate but a victory for the unity of Belgrade and Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija," he said, adding that "there must be no fighting between Belgrade and Serbs in Kosovo.
While Dacic was visiting the monastery, the civil initiative Srpska, which is supported by the Serbian government, held an election rally in the town of Gracanica, after which they spoke with Dacic.
He told reporters it was not his place to attend party meetings but that it was "clear who Serbia is backing."
Two weeks ago, Kosovo authorities did not allow Dacic to attend the start of the election campaign in Kosovo, which is why Kosovo described today's arrival as a religious visit.
Earlier today, he said that banning Serbian politicians from visiting Kosovo was counterproductive for the normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations and that he had not arrived today to cause anyone problems or take part in election rallies.
He also reiterated that Belgrade's official position was that "Serbia does not consider Kosovo a state (but) special territory as defined by UN Security Council Resolution 1244."
Reporters asked Dacic if he was likely to meet with Thaci without intermediates any time soon, to which he said that officials in Belgrade wished for such talks because "some contentious issues would be solved more swiftly and more efficiently" in that way.
Asked if Belgrade would apologise to Kosovo Albanians for the war victims, Dacic said he had suggested to Thaci the erection of a monument to all the victims of the wars in Kosovo as "a step forward in the normalisation of relations."