Photo: Tanjug/Hina/Lana Silvar DominicThe President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, after talking with the US Special Envoy for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, said that the barricades set up by "criminal gangs led by Aleksandar Vučić" must be removed as a matter of urgency. The USA and Great Britain also demand the removal of the barricades in the north of Kosovo and appeal for "reasonable" behavior.
The US Special Envoy for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, met in Pristina with the President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, and the Prime Minister, Aljbin Kurti. The central topic of the conversation was the situation in the north of Kosovo, reports Kossev.
In a short statement from Kurti's cabinet after the conversation with Escobar, it was emphasized that barricades that were installed by the Serbs must be "immediately removed".
The office of the President of Kosovo announced in more detail that the meeting lasted about two hours and that Osmani told Escobar that the barricades in the north must be removed urgently because they were set up by "illegal structures organized into criminal gangs led by Aleksandar Vučić", and that she thanked the USA for the clear message regarding the situation in the north and the request for the removal of the barricades, as well as the condemnation of the attack on the Kosovo Police and the EULEX vehicle.
Escobar also met with representatives of the Serbian List, which briefly stated on its Facebook account that the political security situation was discussed at the meeting.
Escobar made no statements.
Joint appeal of the US and UK embassies
Previously, the British embassies in Belgrade and Pristina joined the calls of the US embassies in Belgrade and Pristina, which demand the removal of the barricades and call for "reasonable" behavior to avoid further tensions.
The statement of the British embassy reads: "Together with the United States and the EU, we express our deep concern about the current situation in the North of Kosovo following the arrest of a person suspected of involvement in the attack on the Kosovo authorities." This arrest is not a justification for illegal roadblocks, nor threats and intimidation of the Kosovo authorities and the local population." British diplomats expect "all illegal roadblocks to be removed and all threats of violence and intimidation to end."
The reason for the latest protests by Serbs from the north of Kosovo was the arrest of a former police officer of the Kosovo police Dejan Pantić on Saturday on charges of "terrorism".
Attacks on Eulex
After a shock bomb was thrown at the EULEX reconnaissance patrol near Rudar in Zvečan on December 10, where the Serbs had set up barricades, the European Union mission "strongly condemned the violent acts committed by armed persons in the north of Kosovo".
The European Union is ready to strengthen its police and civil administration mission in Kosovo (EULEX), said the EU's high representative for foreign policy and security, Josep Borelj.
"I asked the member states to be ready to send additional reinforcements," Borelj said, and that "many of them agreed to send more people to this mission if necessary."
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