12 minutes agoEULEX patrols north, following Serb police resignation
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)EULEX members are making patrols in northern Kosovo, as about 600 police officers from the Serb minority resigned because of the Kurti Government's decision on illegal plates. 130 officers from Poland and Italy who are patrolling in three municipalities where there is no local police presence. They have no power to arrest, but [...]
130 officers from Poland and Italy who are patrolling in three municipalities where there is no local police presence, but the EU wants their presence to fill the security vacuum.
For the moment, we just need to monitor the situation because... the situation is still sensitive”, told about Reuters Mariano Dastanza, commander of 25 Italian Carabinieri who arrived to reinforce their Polish colleagues.
The EU and the United States are trying to find a solution before Monday, when the fine of those carrying illegal license plates is expected to begin.
Yesterday, the EU invited Kurti and Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, for urgent talks in Brussels, with Government spokesman Kurti, the Kosovo government announces that the meeting will most likely take place tomorrow.
Brussels and Washington have urged Kosovo to postpone implementing the decision for ten months, but Kurti has shown no sign that he will withdraw, Reuters writes.
“At the moment north is a bomb with many mad people from both sides ready to cause it and without the police there to calm the situation,” told Reuters on condition of anonymity a senior Kosovo official.
