It has been three days since Kosovo started implementing the reciprocity measure with Serbia for license plates, where as a result two roads connecting Kosovo and Serbia remain blocked by local Serbs, who are opposing this measure. 

Regarding the situation caused in the north, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, on Tuesday, September 21, met with the ambassadors of QUINT. According to a press release from the Office of the Prime Minister, Kurti said that in Jarinje and Brnjak Serb citizens continue to block roads, but according to him, special units of the Kosovo Police "are there only to protect the border police and border crossings ”. 

"In this reciprocity of temporary license plates for cars, either Kosovo and Serbia are both right, or both are wrong. So, either we will keep both types of license plates for both countries, or let Kosovo and Serbia remove them ", said Kurti. 

"Ambassadors and Prime Minister Kurti agreed that peace and tranquility, stability and security must be maintained, and that dialogue must continue and the situation must not escalate," the statement said. 

Kurti's meeting with QUINT comes hours after Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic convened the National Security Council in Serbia over the situation created by the September 20th decision on the reciprocity of license plates. 

Serb citizens continued to protest on Tuesday, while the situation remains calm. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Donika Gërvalla, also spoke about the decision on reciprocity for license plates. 

She said that the establishment of reciprocity in terms of license plates with Serbia is "in accordance with the agreement signed by both parties in Brussels." 

Gërvalla said that "the tension caused should be seen as a unilateral action by Serbia". Otherwise, during the last round of dialogue with Serbia, mediated by the European Union, Kosovo had announced the imposition of a reciprocity measure on license plates. 

This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi, who said that the license plate agreement expires on September 15 and that Kosovo will not respect it unilaterally. 

Five days after the agreement expired, on Monday 20 September - large police forces were deployed at the Jarinje-Brnjak border crossing to enforce reciprocity. And according to this, cars with Serbian license plates will be able to circulate in Kosovo only if they are removed and equipped with temporary Kosovo license plates. 

The Government of Kosovo has said that all drivers with license plates issued by Serbia, must pay 5 euros for temporary license plates and their validity is 60 days.