Two Kosovo Serb border cops resigned on Sunday (6 November) over the choice of Pristina to make use of Kosovo automobile license plates instead of ones issued by Serbia.
Serbian media reported that 300 resignations have been made in Mitrovica’s northern city. They’re half of a bigger motion by Serbs to go away state establishments equivalent to courts, police and parliament.
Many thousand of Serbs protested in opposition to the obligatory Kosovo license plates in North Mitrovica at midday. They waved Serbian flags, and the Serbian nationwide music was carried out.
The long-running row over license plates has created tensions between Serbian and Kosovo’s former province. Kosovo gained independence in 2008 and is now residence to a Serb minority that’s supported by Belgrade.
The Kosovo police said in a press release that it knew that some Serb cops had left their posts, and that a few of them have given over gear.
Albin Kurti, prime minister of Kosovo, blamed Belgrade as a result of it sought to destabilize Kosovo by its help for the Serbs’ boycott of state establishments.
He stated: “I as soon as extra invite all Serb residents to our nation to not abandon establishments, to not resign, to go away their jobs as a result of there could be much less service to the individuals.”
The federal government of Kosovo has said that it’ll start issuing fines to Serb drivers who use pre-independence plates. It’ll additionally confiscate automobiles whose registration numbers haven’t been modified by 21 April, 2023.
“The present dispute can’t be solved by the withdrawal of Kosovo Serbs and their establishments. It might additional escalate tensions on floor,” Josep Borrell, EU’s chief of overseas coverage, stated on Saturday (5 November).
One-fifth of the 50,000 Serbs residing within the Serb majority north think about Serbia their residence and use Serbian license plates. One other 50,000 Serbs, who dwell in areas of Kosovo majority populated with Albanians, have been utilizing Kosovo license plates.
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