a minute agoProtesters gather in Zvecan
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Dozens of protesters in Zvecan have gathered in front of the municipal facility, where KFOR peacekeepers have set up noors. Representatives of the Serbian List have said they will continue the protests until their demands are met, even Albanian mayors of the municipalities, and the special Kosovo Police Unit from northern Kosovo, respectively, [...]
Representatives of the Serbian List have said they will continue the protests until their demands are met, as well as Albanian mayors of municipalities, and the special Kosovo Police Unit from the Serb-run north of Kosovo, writes the REL.
Similar calls have been made by the United States and the European Union.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on both Kosovo and Serbia to return to the dialogue mediated by the European Union for normalisation of relations.
He reiterated that the Kosovo Government's decision to forcibly install new mayors in Serb-run municipalities in the north escalated tensions “in a sharp and unnecessary manner”.
[Kosovo Prime Minister Albin] Kurt and his government must ensure that elected mayors perform their transitional duties from alternative locations, outside municipal buildings, and withdraw police forces from there. [Serbia's President Aleksandar] Vuciq and the Government of Serbia should lower the security status of the Serbian Armed Forces and appeal to Kosovo Serbs to stop challenging KFOR and refrain from further violence”, Blinken said in a statement published on the US State Department website, the REL writes.
The US secretary's statement comes after three days of tension in Kosovo's northern municipalities, after the mayors, issued by the extraordinary April 23rd elections, all Albanians were rejected by local Serbs.
