Borrell invites Vuchy Kurt to an emergency meeting

Through a Twitter announcement, Borrell was told that there is an urgent need for immediate deespasses and new elections in northern Kosovo.

“I have called the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo in Brussels for emergency meetings to find the way out of the current crisis. We need immediate deportation and new elections in the north with the participation of Kosovo Serbs. This is a priority for the region and the EU”, Borrell wrote.

I have called the leaders of Serbia @predeednikers &Kosovo @Oblancurti to Brusels for emergency meeting to find the way out of the current criteria

We need impact on de-escalation & new elections in the north with the participation of Kosovo Serbs. This is paramount for the reaction & EU

) Josep Borrell Fontles (@ JosepBorellF) June 22, 2023

Tensions in northern Kosovo, inhabited by Serb majority, have increased since 26 May. That day, Serbs began protests against entering the municipal buildings of the young Albanian mayors of Zvecan, Zubin Potok and Leposaviqi, who entered the buildings with the assistance of the Kosovo Police.

Since then, local Serbs have protested in the north, opposing leaders who were elected on April 23rd elections that were boycotted by Serb parties and populations.
On May 29th, protests escalated into violence, with Serbs fighting in Zvecan with NATO peacekeeping mission soldiers in Kosovo, KFOR.

The EU and the United States have submitted to Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, three tensions-related requests: calming the situation in northern Kosovo, holding new elections in four municipalities in the north, and returning to dialogue for normalisation of reports.

Kurti, meanwhile, has presented a five-point plan, which envisions holding elections. However, he has said that to hold free elections in the north, legal state is needed.