The two Kosovo-Serbia border crossings in northern Kosovo are continuing to be blocked for the fifth day in a row. Even on the fifth day the roads leading to the border crossings in the north of the country, continue to be blocked in the north of the country.

Kosovo Police spokesman, Baki Kelani said for the Kosovo media that "it is estimated to be the same situation with various obstacles placed by vehicles, heavy vehicles, gravel, etc., in different locations towards the border points Jarinje and Brnjak".

On Monday, September 20, Kosovo authorities started to put temporary license plates on cars with Serbian license plates entering Kosovo, after saying that Serbia has been doing the same thing for many years now.

Although no major incidents have been reported since Monday, international authorities have called for de-escalation of the situation.

On Thursday evening, Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic visited the military forces in Raska and Novi Pazar, located on the border with Kosovo, saying that Serb troops there were on high alert.

Stefanovic was accompanied by the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army, General Milan Mojsilovic.

Some employees of Serbian institutions operating in Kosovo have confirmed to (REL) that they are "obliged" to take turns blocking the border crossings in Jarinje and Brnjak.

Kosovo Police announced on Thursday that local citizens near the border crossings in Jarinje and Brnjak, who blocked the road after the decision of the Government of Kosovo to implement the measure of reciprocity in license plates, have reinforced the gravel blockades.

On its part, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Government of Kosovo has announced that from September 20 until the end of Wednesday, September 22, it has issued 6,375 temporary license plates at all Border Crossing Points (PPK) and Vehicle Registration Centers throughout the territory of Kosovo.

According to the Ministry, over 3,000 temporary license plates were issued at all Kosovo-Serbia border crossings, while the largest number were issued at the Dheu i Bardhë and Merdare border crossings.

The issue of license plates is regulated by the Brussels Agreement on Free Movement, in the framework of the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, which stipulated that all owners of vehicles residing in Kosovo, must use license plates' KS '(Kosovo) or' RKS '(Republic of Kosovo) and thus remove from use the license plates issued to Kosovo Serbs by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia.