The European Union and the United States call on Kosovo and Serbia to ease tensions between them, Reuters reports. This was clarified today in a joint statement by the EU and the US.
They indicated they were working with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti find a political solution, to reduce tension.
In their statement, the EU and the US called for maximum restraint on provocations and threats between the warring countries. They insist on an immediate and unconditional reduction of the situation.
We recall that the reason for the riots is that around 50,000 Serbs living in the ethnically divided north of Kosovo, refuse to recognize the government of Pristina or the status of Kosovo as a separate country from Serbia.
Last month, the Serbian representatives left-wing state institutions, including the police and the judiciary, due to the decision of the government of Kosovo to replace Serbian-issued car registration numbers.
We remind you that today Kosovo announced that it will released under house arrest detained former Kosovo police officer, of Serbian ethnicity Dejan Pantic, in an attempt to reduce tensions between Kosovo and Serbia.
Still today though Kosovo has closed its largest border crossingafter protesters blocked it from the Serbian side in support of their compatriots in Kosovo.
