Serbian border testing, police call for internationals to take action

Kosovo police have called for internationals to take action against the Serbian side, since today at the Serbian border police station in Merdare a Land-Rover-Rover-type car with Serbia plates suspected of being of Serbian gendarmerie has been spotted.

According to information from the competents, police reported, there were four members of the Serbian gendarmerie who have stayed about ten minutes at the entrance of the facility to the Serbian side.

Full police announcement:

On the date 14,10.2024, at the Serbian side at the Merdar border police station, a Land-Rover car with Serbia's license plates suspected of being of Serbian gendarmerie has been spotted!

According to information from competents, there were 4 (four) members of the Serbian gendarmerie who have stayed about 10 (ten) minutes at the entrance of the object to the Serbian side.

The same have fled by violating the border demarcation that actually constituted violations of the agreement for IBM, aimed at provoking or creating any interstate incidents.

Kosovo police call on relevant international authorities to take necessary action to preserve stability and mutual compliance with the agreements are related to integrated border management and security in general.

Kosovo police are carrying out their legal duties in the function of maintaining calm, stability and professional management of state borders on the basis of its constitutional mandate and respecting international agreements for integrated border management, as long as it remains committed to preserving sovereignty and will professionally react to any anti-legal act, constitutional or violating international border management agreements.