Serbs in Kosovo print leaflets of their own

The night went without incidents in the tense northern parts of Kosovo, where Serbs have set up barricades on all major roads.

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Tuesday, 20.09.2011.

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The night went without incidents in the tense northern parts of Kosovo, where Serbs have set up barricades on all major roads. They are preventing passage of vehicles headed toward the administrative crossings of Jarinje and Brnjak on the administrative line between Kosovo and central Serbia. Serbs in Kosovo print leaflets of their own The barricades came after Kosovo Albanian authorities in Pristina last week sent several of their customs and police to the blocked checkpoints. Small groups of citizens spent the rainy night in Kosovska Mitrovica watching both bridges on the Ibar River, which separates this ethnically divided town. Yesterday, NATO troops in the province, KFOR, dropped leaflets from helicopters warning the protesting Serbs that they "recognized the right to peaceful protests", but that roadblocks were "illegal and therefore not part of peaceful demonstrations". This morning, local Serbs printed leaflets of their own, reading: "According to UN SC Resolution 1244, Kosovo is an integral part of Serbia, and there are no boundaries in Kosovo. The blockade of roads represents the dissatisfaction of the Serb people over the Kosovo customs and the violation of Resolution 1244. It is better to defend oneself with roadblocks and barricades than with armed resistance. And you, KFOR gentlemen, consider whether we are right." The interior minister of the government in Pristina, Bajram Redzepi, said that they would "draw up a plan for northern Kosovo", and that "in case Serbs oppose them with violence, they would respond with violence". He told the Belgrade-based daily Danas that Pristina was "discussing with EULEX and KFOR if and when to start the action of barricade removal". Adding that this was within the jurisdiction of the two international missions, Redzepi was also quoted as saying that "people cannot be held hostages to various criminal groups". EULEX members at Jarinje (Beta, file)

Serbs in Kosovo print leaflets of their own

The barricades came after Kosovo Albanian authorities in Priština last week sent several of their customs and police to the blocked checkpoints.

Small groups of citizens spent the rainy night in Kosovska Mitrovica watching both bridges on the Ibar River, which separates this ethnically divided town.

Yesterday, NATO troops in the province, KFOR, dropped leaflets from helicopters warning the protesting Serbs that they "recognized the right to peaceful protests", but that roadblocks were "illegal and therefore not part of peaceful demonstrations".

This morning, local Serbs printed leaflets of their own, reading:

"According to UN SC Resolution 1244, Kosovo is an integral part of Serbia, and there are no boundaries in Kosovo. The blockade of roads represents the dissatisfaction of the Serb people over the Kosovo customs and the violation of Resolution 1244. It is better to defend oneself with roadblocks and barricades than with armed resistance. And you, KFOR gentlemen, consider whether we are right."

The interior minister of the government in Priština, Bajram Redzepi, said that they would "draw up a plan for northern Kosovo", and that "in case Serbs oppose them with violence, they would respond with violence".

He told the Belgrade-based daily Danas that Priština was "discussing with EULEX and KFOR if and when to start the action of barricade removal".

Adding that this was within the jurisdiction of the two international missions, Redzepi was also quoted as saying that "people cannot be held hostages to various criminal groups".

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