Reduction of members of the Kosovo Police by 25% will begin this Friday, in and around municipal facilities in the northern Kosovo, following the assessment of situation by Kosovo Police, EULEX and KFOR. 

According to the assessment, the security situation in and around the facilities of the northern municipalities is estimated to be good. 

"Kosovo Police in the wake of the realism of its constitutional and legal duties and authorizations in the interest of public safety in the country, as well as with the aim of implementing the agreements reached in Bratislava on July 10, 2023, between the European Union and the Republic of Kosovo, precisely the second step of this agreement, on this occasion a working meeting was held between the Kosovo Police, EULEX and KFOR to assess the security situation in and around the municipal buildings of the northern municipalities. According to the joint assessment, by the Kosovo Police, EULEX and KFOR, the security situation in and around the facilities of the northern municipalities is estimated to be good", as quoted from the communique. 

Furthermore, it has been emphasized that the Kosovo Police teams, together with EULEX and KFOR, will continue coordination and will take the necessary actions according to the regular assessment of the security situation in and around municipal facilities, in the northern municipalities of the Republic of Kosovo. 

Emissary of the European Union for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajçak, has welcomed the decision to reduce the members of the Kosovo Police by 25%, in and around the municipal facilities in the north of Kosovo. 

Lajçak wrote on Twitter that this is an important step towards the complete de-escalation of tensions in the north of Kosovo. 

"I welcome the first joint security assessment between the Kosovo Police, EULEX in Kosovo and KFOR as agreed in Bratislava. This is an important step towards the complete de-escalation of tensions in the north of Kosovo", tweeted Lajçak.