Tensions at the border points, Gërvalla appeals to the EU and the USA: Stop Vučić before he enters the war

2024-09-07 08:17:16Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Tensions at the border points, Gërvalla appeals to the EU and the USA: Stop
Tensions at border points

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, Donika Gërvalla, has called on the European Union and the United States of America to take measures against the president of Serbia, Aleksandër Vucic.

"He must be stopped before he enters the war", Gërvalla wrote on Twitter on Friday evening.

After the blockades on the Serbian side of the border crossing points by the groups protesting against the decisions of the Kosovar authorities in the north of Kosovo, Gërvalla said that the Serbian state has a hand in this event.

"Beyond the border in Bernjak, masked Serbs are stopping cars with German registration and not letting Albanians pass. Vucic's police are supporting this racist escalation, watching and doing nothing," she wrote. "Kosovo will keep the border closed until free movement is guaranteed and Albanians are safe from the worst scenes of masked Serbian criminals who follow and threaten them again. We call on the EU and the US to firmly oppose Vucic's next escalating steps. He must be stopped before he goes to war."

Earlier on Friday, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Xelal Sveçla, announced the closure of the checkpoint in Bërnjak. In one case, according to Svecla, a family that was traveling from Kosovo to Germany was unable to continue their journey and was forcibly turned back. He called these acts fascist. He said that they are happening before the eyes of the Police of Serbia, which he called complicit.

Other roads in Serbia, leading to the border crossing points with Kosovo in Merdar and Jarinje, were blocked on Friday afternoon by groups protesting against the decisions of the Kosovo authorities in the north of Kosovo.

Serbian citizens who have entered Kosovo from the border crossing point in Jarinje have said that they are being asked for documents.

The blockade was warned by the "Council for the Blockade of Serbia" after the Kosovo Police closed 5 offices of parallel structures in the north on suspicion of falsification of documents.

In the action of August 30, the offices of four parallel municipalities were closed: Mitrovica, Leposavic, Zubin-Potok and Zveçan, as well as the District Office of Mitrovica.

On Wednesday and Thursday, the Police interviewed the leaders of these offices with suspicions of document forgery.

The international community has criticized the Government for this and other actions in the north, inviting it to refrain from "actions that could incite tensions".

After the blockade warning, Kosovo institutions have called on citizens to avoid crossing from Serbia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked citizens to avoid transit through border crossings with Serbia. The National Center for Border Management called on Thursday that the border should not be crossed even at the only crossing point with Montenegro, Kulle.


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