Following the postponement of a meeting of representatives of predominantly Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo, Serbia's Minister for Kosovo, Goran Bogdanovic, said on Tuesday the interim agreement signed by the governments of Serbia and Kosovo and the NATO-led peacekeepers KFOR on the solving of the latest crisis in Kosovo would be implemented.
Representatives of Serbs from northern Kosovo on Tuesday postponed a meeting in Leposavic because Serbs from Zubin Potok municipality did not come for talks because they believe that an interim agreement between representatives of the Serbian government, the Kosovo government and the NATO-led peacekeepers KFOR on solving the crisis must be discussed by deputies in the Serbian parliament and not by representatives of local authorities and the media.
Bogdanic said that some political parties from Belgrade were responsible for the failure of today's meeting because they were giving instructions over the phone which are detrimental for peace.
Maybe somebody wants to use the situation in northern Kosovo for their daily political and party interest, but I am confident that people will recognise that and respect the agreement the Serbian government made with the international community, Bogdanic said.
The crisis broke out two weeks ago when Kosovo special police forces tried to put under their control the northern, Serb-controlled border crossings Jarinje and Brnjak, in order to enforce a ban on imports from Serbia in response to a Serbian ban on imports from Kosovo. This prompted local Serbs to set up roadblocks. One Kosovo policeman was killed in the ensuing violence and last Friday KFOR closed down the two border crossings.
