Releasing referendum material co-ordinator Petkovic stings O SBE)

Petkov has told Serbia's State Television Radio that co-ordinator Marko Jankoviq and three truck drivers have been released and returned to Belgrade.

“instead of expected from O representatives The SEU, which was tasked with taking the material and distributing it to 140 locations, 10 Kosovo police vehicles were hosting them”, Petkovic told RTS.

According to Petkovijki, they have been taken to mobile phones and sent to the police station in Lulushhan 10km from Merdare, meanwhile, Belgrade has sent in its liaison office official, Dejan Pavicev and they have been released.

Petkov has also said referendum material is still at the border point in Merdare and O The SEU can share as it has pledged in the December 22nd deal.

Kosovo Police and O The SEU has not yet been approved in connection with these developments.

Otherwise, Kosovo institutions have said on Friday that opening Serbia's polling stations in Kosovo constitutes violations of the constitution and Kosovo laws.

The heads of institutions said that Kosovo Serb citizens, with dual citizenship, could vote for the referendum in Serbia through post or in the liaison office in Pristina, but not in a process organised by OSCE.

Earlier on January 14th, officials from France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union have said they have regretted accepting the Kosovo government's decision not to allow O The SEU to collect votes in Kosovo for the referendum in Serbia. They called on the Kosovo government to allow Serbs in Kosovo to exercise their right to vote in elections and election processes in line with this established practice.

The leaders of the presidency, Government and Assembly of Kosovo have called on Quint countries to apply the same standards in relation to Kosovo as to any other state, considering that its independence has been recognised by many democratic countries in the world.

The referendum on changes to Serbia's constitution will be held on Sunday, January 16th.

The changes concern the judiciary, and Serbia has been tasked with the European Union membership process. As EU representatives have consistently explained, the goal of changing Serbia's Constitution is to achieve an independent judiciary, without political influence and rule of law.