15 minutes agoDoubts of Reinsulting Serbian Police in the North, Speaking by EULEX
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)The mission of the European Union for the Rule of Law in Kosovo (EULEX) said it has not noticed any change in the north, in terms of suspicions that Serbia is reopening its interior affairs ministry offices in four municipalities in the north. “During our regular patrols, we have not noticed any changes on the ground”, they said [...]
“During our regular patrols, we have not noticed any change in the ground”, EULEX said in a brief response sent to Radio Free Europe.
Radio Free Europe provided some data from a security institution in Kosovo, where it said Serbia is trying to reopen the offices of its Ministry of Internal Affairs in four municipalities north of the state, inhabited by Serb majority.
According to these data, in four northern Kosovo municipalities, since May 11th of this year, Serbia's MPB offices have been operating until 2013. The main headquarters of the Serbian MPB, according to information from this Kosovo security institution, will be in Zvecan, near the “Vuk Karadzic”.
Serbia has had its own security facilities in northern Mitrovica, Zvecan, Zubin Potok and Leposaviq until 2013. But, after the agreement reached in the Brussels dialogue, they were integrated into Kosovo institutions, mainly in the Kosovo Police.
However, almost all members of the Kosovo Police from the Serb community resigned in November last year, opposing the Government of Kosovo's decision to reregister cars running north with signs released by Serbia.
Serbia supported the move and in exchange gave all contracts with the same salaries as they had received from Kosovo institutions.
The provided data shows that the same offices will be opened in Leposaviq and Zubin Potok, as well as in objects formerly used by Serbia's MPB.
Also, Serbia's MPB presence is also planned in Rudare near Zvecan.
Neither the Kosovo Ministry of Internal Affairs nor the Government of Kosovo have commented on these claims. The answer has not even returned Serbia's Information Agency (BIA) and the Serbian Interior Ministry.
By contrast, the Serbian List, the main party of Serbs in Kosovo enjoying Belgrade's support, and Serbian authorities have said the condition for the return of Serbs to Kosovo institutions is the founding of the Association of Serb majority municipalities and the withdrawal of Kosovo Police Special Units from the four municipalities in the north.
