To de-escalate the tense situation in the region asks the Kosovo and the Serbia the EU’s foreign policy chief Joseph Borelafter Serb protesters in northern Kosovo blocked main roads yesterday, Sunday, for the second day.
In recent weeks, Serbs in northern Kosovo have responded with violent resistance to moves by Pristina that they see as anti-Serbian.
“I know both parties are willing to de-escalate and I urge both of them to do so.” Borrell pointed out on Monday (12/12) upon his arrival at a meeting of EU foreign ministers. “They have to go back to dialogue, they have to overcome this tendency to fight in the street.”
The latest protests were sparked by the arrest, on Saturday, of a former police officer. He and several others resigned from the police force last month after Pristina announced it would require Serbs to change their vehicle number plates, which date back to before the 1998-99 Kosovo war.
For a second day yesterday, Sunday, trucks and other heavy vehicles blocked main roads leading to two border crossing points to Serbia, closing both to traffic.
EULEX, the EU mission patrolling northern Kosovo, said a flash bomb was fired at one of its armored vehicles on Saturday night, but there were no injuries. Borrell stressed that this was unacceptable.
Source: News Beast
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