Tension in northern Kosovo is easing after the Kosovo government decided to suspend for a month the implementation of the decision to replace Serbian license plates.
Pristina took this decision following the intervention of the US, which requested that the measure be temporarily revoked to avoid an escalation of tension.
Interventions in Pristina were also made by the EU with the same request.
As announced by the government of Kosovo, the decision on license plates is not withdrawn, but will start to be implemented from September 1st, not today August 1st as announced.
The president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, after a meeting he had yesterday at midnight with the leadership of the armed forces, declared that he was satisfied that logic had prevailed.
“We are working to calm things down, this is the most important thing for us and no matter how difficult it is, we are not giving up and in the end Serbia will win,” Mr. Vucic said in a statement.
Albin Kurti’s government had given Kosovo Serbs a month to replace their Serbian vehicle plates with ones issued by the Kosovo authorities. It was also decided that Serbian identity cards will not be accepted at the border crossings from today and their holders would be provided with a temporary document for entry into Kosovo with a duration of stay of 90 days.
In northern Kosovo, roadblocks were erected on arterial roads leading to the administrative border with Serbia. Strong police forces were deployed in northern Kosovo, while NATO military force (KFOR) forces were put on standby. Last night, shots were heard in northern Kosovo, with some projectiles falling near police positions — but no police officers were injured, Kosovo police said.
Information on social networking sites spoke of the entry of the Serbian army into Kosovo and an exchange of fire with Kosovar police.
However, the Serbian Ministry of Defense denied the information with a statement in which it said: “At the moment, the Serbian army has not crossed the administrative line and has not entered (…) the territory of Kosovo.”
The Kosovo crisis also provoked a diplomatic reaction from Russia, which sided with the Serbs. “The Kosovo Albanian leaders know that the Serbs will not remain indifferent when their liberties are directly threatened and are deliberately escalating the situation to trigger a military scenario. Of course, the target of the sharp attacks is also Belgrade, which the West wants to wear down further using Albanian hands,” said a Russian Foreign Ministry press release.
Source: AMPE
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