Kosovo-Serbia Targa deal declared NATO

In a statement to the media, spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said the peacekeeping mission NATO in Kosovo, KFOR, “will play a fundamental role, to ensure effective implementation” of the agreement.

Since September 20th, Serbs in northern Kosovo have blocked border crossings with Serbia: Jarinje and Brnjak.

This has happened after the Government of Kosovo has decided that Serbia's license drivers with license plates will replace them with temporary license plates while driving in Kosovo.

Similar measures for Kosovo license plates, Serbia has implemented many years now.

To oversee the process, Kosovo has also sent special police units north.

With the agreement reached Thursday in Brussels, Serbs will remove the blockades, special police units will be withdrawn from Jarinje and Brnjak, and KFOR will be deployed there, while on license plates on both sides will be temporarily installed.

The agreement between Kosovo and Serbia was brokered by the European Union.

“NATO continues to strongly support the facilitated dialogue by the European Union and other efforts aimed at normalising relations between Belgrade and Pristina. This is the only path towards achieving a stable political agreement for the region and is key to the stability of the entire region”, Lungescu said.

She warned that Secretary General NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, will host the EU envoy in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue Miroslav Lajcak at a meeting Friday. / REL