Kosovo Police: Situation in quiet, stable Mitrovica

Police spokesman in Mitrovica Avni Zahiti has made known to Kosova Preis that the situation in southern Mitrovica is calm and stable.

According to him, there is nothing extraordinary about the south of this city.

Even the deputy director of the Kosovo Police for the Northern Region, Besim Hoti, the current security situation in that part, has described it completely calm.

This is a typical day without any activity that could threaten general security or public order”, Hoti said.

Mitrovica Mayor Agim Bahtiri, on yesterday, has also declared that the security situation in this city continues to be stable, while one of the Serb deputies of the Kosovo Parliament, who has wanted to remain anonymous, has told Kosova Preress via the telephone that he is surprised by media headlines when writing about the north and even the south of Mitrovica.

I really don't know who or what he's making things up for. Why is all this necessary? People scared of both sides are calling me, and I'm out with my family last night and I'm walking around the streets of town today so people can see that nothing is happening, he said.

Otherwise, Kosovo Police elite units have gathered at Mitrovica's “Belvedere” base, but as Kosova Preris learns, their presence has to do with an exercise planned earlier.