Serbia: The Kosovo Serbs are determined to remain at the roadblocks – The EU asks them to leave

Determined to continue their protest against the arrest of a compatriot, a former police officer, who is accused by the Kosovo authorities of terrorist action, are the Serbs as they do not withdraw the barricades they set up on Saturday afternoon in Northern Kosovo.

Important road arteries leading to the administrative border with Serbia and the capital Pristina are blocked and hundreds of Serbs remain at the barricades. The situation is currently calm, however, during the night and in the early morning hours today in some parts of Northern Kosovo there were incidents. Kosovo police reported that unknown assailants opened fire on police officers at the special forces base in Lake Gazivode, while a patrol of the European police force-EULEX was also attacked with a stun grenade.

The High Representative for the EU’s foreign policy, Joseph Borel called on the Serbs to remove the roadblocks and condemned the attacks against EULEX. “The EU will not tolerate attacks against EULEX or the use of violent, criminal acts in northern Kosovo. The Serbs must remove the barricades immediately. Peace must be restored. EULEX will continue to coordinate with Kosovo authorities and KFOR,” he tweeted.

THE Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti blamed Belgrade that he is instigating the incidents in Kosovo while he called Serbia’s request for a police and military presence in Kosovo a “threat of invasion”. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced, last night, that Belgrade will submit an official request to the KFOR commander for the return to Kosovo of 1,000 Serbian police and soldiers. Vucits invoked Resolution 1244 of the SA. of the UN since 1999 which foresees this eventuality under conditions and with the approval of the KFOR command.

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