Trucks, Buses from Kosovo Prevented from Moving to Serbia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of Kosovo announced on Monday evening that the movement of buses and trucks from Kosovo to Serbia, at the Jarinjë and Merdare crossing points, has been disabled.
Blockades are believed to have been caused as a result of the protests that are being held in Serbian territory.
According to the ministry, even the passage of cars is not safe.
In some groups on the Telegram social network, Serbs have said that the roads have been blocked by drivers of trucks with Serbian goods, as a sign of revolt against the decision of the Kosovo authorities not to allow trucks with Serbian license plates and goods to enter the territory of Kosovo. since last week.
Government of Kosovo has made a decision, on June 14, to tighten border controls with Serbia.
The decision was taken after the arrest of three members of the Kosovo Police by the Serbian authorities.
Kosovo authorities have said that it is about their abduction in the territory of Kosovo, while Belgrade has said that they were arrested in the Serbian territory.
According to the Serbian authorities, the policemen are suspected of having committed the criminal offences: production, possession, possession and illegal trafficking of weapons and explosives.
These offenses are punishable by up to 12 years in prison.
The international community has called for their release, without conditions.
These developments follow the tensions in the north of Kosovo since May 26.
On that day, the new Albanian mayors of the municipalities in the north - inhabited by a majority of Serbs - entered the municipal buildings, with the help of Kosovo Police units.
Local Serbs have opposed something like this and as a result there have been continuous protests.
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy and Security, Josep Borrell, has said that he will invite the representatives of Kosovo and Serbia this week in Brussels, an urgent meeting for crisis management.
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vu?i?, has already refused to meet with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, while the latter has not yet decided whether he will participate in the meeting in Brussels.
On June 16, the American envoy for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, said that Kosovo will face consequences if it continues to ignore the advice of the United States - that the new Albanian presidents should not work from municipal buildings in the north.
Kosovo and Serbia are part of the dialogue mediated by the EU, for the normalization of relations, since 2011, and the parties have signed a number of agreements, but not all have been implemented.