Serbs in north cut ties with EULEX

The Kosovska Mitrovica municipality decided this week to cease cooperation and communication with the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX. The councilors in the majority Serb, northern part of the ethnically divided town said their decision will be valid until the mission begins to act and work in line with the mandate it had been given. Serbs in north cut ties with EULEX The councilors warned the representatives of the international community not to take unilateral steps relevant to the reopening of the court in Kosovska Mitrovica, as in that case they will have to face the responsibility for a destabilized situation in the city. At the sixth regular session, the town assembly called on Serbs and other non-Albanian population to boycott the forthcoming census in the organization by the interim Pristina authorities, as failing to act in such a way they would only legalize the ethnic cleansing which had been conducted in Kosovo and Metohija since 1999. Those at the session appealed to all national and local enterprises and institutions, private companies and individuals not to cooperate with USAID, "because it had abandoned the political neutrality". The councilors also condemned the behavior of KFOR, pointing out that they were acting beyond their mandate and supporting “illegal (ethnic) Albanian institutions and EULEX.” Members of the Kosovo police coming from the Serbian and non-Albanian communities were called for reconsidering their actions and deciding whose interests they would represent in the future. Meanwhile, an EULEX spokesperson has said that the decision by Serbs from northern Kosovska Mitrovica to cease cooperation with the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo will not affect the work of EULEX judges and police, the AP news agency reports.

Serbs in north cut ties with EULEX

The councilors warned the representatives of the international community not to take unilateral steps relevant to the reopening of the court in Kosovska Mitrovica, as in that case they will have to face the responsibility for a destabilized situation in the city.

At the sixth regular session, the town assembly called on Serbs and other non-Albanian population to boycott the forthcoming census in the organization by the interim Priština authorities, as failing to act in such a way they would only legalize the ethnic cleansing which had been conducted in Kosovo and Metohija since 1999.

Those at the session appealed to all national and local enterprises and institutions, private companies and individuals not to cooperate with USAID, "because it had abandoned the political neutrality".

The councilors also condemned the behavior of KFOR, pointing out that they were acting beyond their mandate and supporting “illegal (ethnic) Albanian institutions and EULEX.”

Members of the Kosovo police coming from the Serbian and non-Albanian communities were called for reconsidering their actions and deciding whose interests they would represent in the future.

Meanwhile, an EULEX spokesperson has said that the decision by Serbs from northern Kosovska Mitrovica to cease cooperation with the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo will not affect the work of EULEX judges and police, the AP news agency reports.