Kosovo’s govt has forcibly installed Albanian mayors in ethnic Serb areas, which led to clashes. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The call came a day after Kosovo’s government forcibly accessed municipal buildings to install mayors in ethnic Serb areas in the north of the country.
“We urge the institutions in Kosovo to de-escalate immediately and call on all parties to resolve the situation through dialogue,” said Ms Oana Lungescu, a spokesman for the transatlantic military alliance, in a Twitter post.Things were still tense in the north part of the country where heavily armed police forces in armoured vehicles were guarding municipality buildings.
“It is the right of those elected in democratic elections to assume office without threats or intimidation. It is also the right of citizens to be served by those elected officials,” Mr Kurti said on Twitter on Saturday. Mr Blinken said they “unnecessarily escalated tensions, undermining our efforts to help normalise relations between Kosovo and Serbia and will have consequences for our bilateral relations with Kosovo”.
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