KFOR closes another alternative road
German KFOR troops closed another alternative road near the Jarinje administrative crossing around 6:00 CET on Thursday.
Thursday, 13.10.2011.
10:23
German KFOR troops closed another alternative road near the Jarinje administrative crossing around 6:00 CET on Thursday. The alternative road was built by local Serbs a week ago. KFOR closes another alternative road KFOR said it had started the operation at EULEX’s request in order to prevent illegal use of the road around the Jarinje checkpoint and stop the smuggling. KFOR stressed in the announcement that the Jarinje administrative crossing was open and that both people and goods could go through. KFOR Commander Erhard Drews has taken all necessary steps in order to make sure that the international forces’ activities are being carried out in accordance with the mandate envisaged by the UN Security Council Resolution 1244, KFOR added in the announcement. “KFOR reserves the right to remove the barricades as needed and it will not tolerate them forever. People should stay away from the roadblocks and barricades and they should not take part in illegal protests and activities,” Dews pointed out. KFOR troops are occasionally controlling vans on the alternative road near the village of Cirkovici. Passenger vehicles are allowed to go through without stopping. “The local Serbs this morning once again refused KFOR’s request to remove the barricades and KFOR then closed the road,” Lesak local community representative Milutin Stefanovic told Beta news agency earlier on Thursday. KFOR wants the barricades removed from the village of Lesak in order to have normal communication and allow supplies to go through to their base in Jarinje. The local Serbs said several times that the roadblocks would remain until Kosovo customs officers withdrew from the administrative crossings in northern Kosovo. “Communication with central Serbia is difficult, we no longer have a single road toward Raska across Kopaonik, we are forced to use those across Mt. Rogozna which are in a bad shape and the mileage is longer,” Stefanovic pointed out. According to him, not a single vehicle or a pedestrian crossed the Jarinje administrative checkpoint since the barbed wire was removed. Serbs are still blocking all roads leading toward the Brnjak and Jarinje administrative crossings. Trucks carrying basic foodstuffs use the alternative roads to bring goods to northern Kosovo. Citizens also use the Zvecan-Kraljevo passenger train which leaves two times a day. KFOR troops Traffic uninterrupted Municipal president of Leposavic Branko Ninic stated on Thursday that the most important thing after the KFOR action in northern Kosovo earlier today is that traffic on the line toward central Serbia is going on at an uninterrupted pace. In a statement for Tanjug, Ninic said that KFOR members are controlling the flow of vehicles and that there is no need for tensions to increase. All roads connecting us with central Serbia and villages in the municipality of Leposavic are open, Ninic said. He underscored that no problems occurred so far and expressed expectation that it would stay that way, and he also sent a message to KFOR representatives that everything can be solved through an agreement. "Citizens are not here because of KFOR, they are here because of customs officers of the so-called Republic of Kosovo," Ninic said.
KFOR closes another alternative road
KFOR said it had started the operation at EULEX’s request in order to prevent illegal use of the road around the Jarinje checkpoint and stop the smuggling.KFOR stressed in the announcement that the Jarinje administrative crossing was open and that both people and goods could go through.
KFOR Commander Erhard Drews has taken all necessary steps in order to make sure that the international forces’ activities are being carried out in accordance with the mandate envisaged by the UN Security Council Resolution 1244, KFOR added in the announcement.
“KFOR reserves the right to remove the barricades as needed and it will not tolerate them forever. People should stay away from the roadblocks and barricades and they should not take part in illegal protests and activities,” Dews pointed out.
KFOR troops are occasionally controlling vans on the alternative road near the village of Ćirkovići. Passenger vehicles are allowed to go through without stopping.
“The local Serbs this morning once again refused KFOR’s request to remove the barricades and KFOR then closed the road,” Lešak local community representative Milutin Stefanović told Beta news agency earlier on Thursday.
KFOR wants the barricades removed from the village of Lešak in order to have normal communication and allow supplies to go through to their base in Jarinje.
The local Serbs said several times that the roadblocks would remain until Kosovo customs officers withdrew from the administrative crossings in northern Kosovo.
“Communication with central Serbia is difficult, we no longer have a single road toward Raška across Kopaonik, we are forced to use those across Mt. Rogozna which are in a bad shape and the mileage is longer,” Stefanović pointed out.
According to him, not a single vehicle or a pedestrian crossed the Jarinje administrative checkpoint since the barbed wire was removed. Serbs are still blocking all roads leading toward the Brnjak and Jarinje administrative crossings.
Trucks carrying basic foodstuffs use the alternative roads to bring goods to northern Kosovo. Citizens also use the Zvečan-Kraljevo passenger train which leaves two times a day.
Traffic uninterrupted
Municipal president of Leposavić Branko Ninić stated on Thursday that the most important thing after the KFOR action in northern Kosovo earlier today is that traffic on the line toward central Serbia is going on at an uninterrupted pace.In a statement for Tanjug, Ninić said that KFOR members are controlling the flow of vehicles and that there is no need for tensions to increase.
All roads connecting us with central Serbia and villages in the municipality of Leposavić are open, Ninić said.
He underscored that no problems occurred so far and expressed expectation that it would stay that way, and he also sent a message to KFOR representatives that everything can be solved through an agreement.
"Citizens are not here because of KFOR, they are here because of customs officers of the so-called Republic of Kosovo," Ninić said.
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