EULEX chief meets with Tadić

Xavier Bout de Marnhac, head of the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, met on Wednesday in Belgrade with Serbia President Boris Tadic. Marnhac said after meeting that it was necessary for the Serbs in northern Kosovo to remove the roadblocks and allow freedom of movement for the members of the mission. EULEX chief meets with Tadic "We had a very a very important meeting here, as we have come to the conclusion that we have many common interests," he told Tanjug. The head of EULEX said that he had conveyed to Tadic his assessment of the current situation in northern Kosovo and Metohija, pointing especially to the "biggest problem faced by EULEX at present - the limited freedom of movement". "It is necessary to allow free movement for EULEX. We must have access to the north and to all the places that are of interest to us and I conveyed the message to the president very strongly, because the freedom of movement is essential for EULEX to be able to act within its mandate to implement the rule of law," Marnhac told Tanjug. A statement issued by the mission late on Wednesday described the meeting as being held "in a cordial atmosphere", focusing on the need to "significantly improve freedom of movement in northern Kosovo". Serbs in northern Kosovo are allowing KFOR, but not EULEX trough their barricades, in a bid to prevent the EU mission from transporting customs and police workers of the Kosovo Albanian authorities to the two administrative line checkpoints in the north. Xavier Bout de Marnhac (file)

EULEX chief meets with Tadić

"We had a very a very important meeting here, as we have come to the conclusion that we have many common interests," he told Tanjug.

The head of EULEX said that he had conveyed to Tadić his assessment of the current situation in northern Kosovo and Metohija, pointing especially to the "biggest problem faced by EULEX at present - the limited freedom of movement".

"It is necessary to allow free movement for EULEX. We must have access to the north and to all the places that are of interest to us and I conveyed the message to the president very strongly, because the freedom of movement is essential for EULEX to be able to act within its mandate to implement the rule of law," Marnhac told Tanjug.

A statement issued by the mission late on Wednesday described the meeting as being held "in a cordial atmosphere", focusing on the need to "significantly improve freedom of movement in northern Kosovo".

Serbs in northern Kosovo are allowing KFOR, but not EULEX trough their barricades, in a bid to prevent the EU mission from transporting customs and police workers of the Kosovo Albanian authorities to the two administrative line checkpoints in the north.