Serbs block EULEX and KFOR in northern Kosovo

The Serbs at the Zupče barricade in northern Kosovo have blocked several trucks belonging to the EU mission in the province, EULEX.

Izvor: Beta

Tuesday, 07.08.2012.

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LEPOSAVIC, KOSOVSKA MITROVICA The Serbs at the Zupce barricade in northern Kosovo have blocked several trucks belonging to the EU mission in the province, EULEX. The vehicles have been prevented from traveling toward the administrative line crossing of Brnjak. Serbs block EULEX and KFOR in northern Kosovo The trucks arrived at the roadblock on Tuesday loaded with large concrete blocks. The locals fear that they will be used to block some alternative roads in the north. Soon after the citizens - who are keeping around the clock watch at Zupce - blocked the EULEX vehicles, several armored transporters and KFOR troops arrived at the scene, also blocking this road, leading from Kosovska Mitrovica to Ribarice. This created a traffic jam. KFOR soldiers are also deployed in the nearby village of Jagnjenica, and at a checkpoint in Zupce - on the road that leads to the ethnic Albanian village of Cabra. Earlier in the day, reports said that members of the NATO troops in Kosovo, KFOR, had withdrawn from an alternative road that runs via Tresava in northern Kosovo. They in this way unblocked the road after ten days, allowing trucks and other large vehicles through. Leposavic Mayor Dragisa Vasic told Beta news agency that the traffic was unobstructed in that area now, and that Serbs had removed the blockade they had set up between the administrative crossing of Jarinje and a police checkpoint of Rudnica. He explained that Serbs were previously blocking one lane of the road and did not allow passage to trucks. "The traffic is unimpeded for passenger vehicles, buses and vans," said Vasic. Trucks are still traveling along the so-called alternative roads - which local Serbs use in order to avoid paying "customs fees" to the Kosovo Albanian authorities. Serbs still keep watch at two locations on the road running to Leposavic in order to thwart the ambitions of Kosovo customs officers to reach Kosovo's far north, Tanjug is reporting. Serbs are a majority north of the Ibar River in Kosovo. They reject the authority of the government in Pristina, and the ethnic Albanian unilateral declaration of independence made in early 2008. (Tanjug, file) Beta Tanjug

Serbs block EULEX and KFOR in northern Kosovo

The trucks arrived at the roadblock on Tuesday loaded with large concrete blocks. The locals fear that they will be used to block some alternative roads in the north.

Soon after the citizens - who are keeping around the clock watch at Zupče - blocked the EULEX vehicles, several armored transporters and KFOR troops arrived at the scene, also blocking this road, leading from Kosovska Mitrovica to Ribariće.

This created a traffic jam.

KFOR soldiers are also deployed in the nearby village of Jagnjenica, and at a checkpoint in Zupče - on the road that leads to the ethnic Albanian village of Čabra.

Earlier in the day, reports said that members of the NATO troops in Kosovo, KFOR, had withdrawn from an alternative road that runs via Tresava in northern Kosovo.

They in this way unblocked the road after ten days, allowing trucks and other large vehicles through.

Leposavić Mayor Dragiša Vasić told Beta news agency that the traffic was unobstructed in that area now, and that Serbs had removed the blockade they had set up between the administrative crossing of Jarinje and a police checkpoint of Rudnica.

He explained that Serbs were previously blocking one lane of the road and did not allow passage to trucks.

"The traffic is unimpeded for passenger vehicles, buses and vans," said Vasić.

Trucks are still traveling along the so-called alternative roads - which local Serbs use in order to avoid paying "customs fees" to the Kosovo Albanian authorities.

Serbs still keep watch at two locations on the road running to Leposavić in order to thwart the ambitions of Kosovo customs officers to reach Kosovo's far north, Tanjug is reporting.

Serbs are a majority north of the Ibar River in Kosovo. They reject the authority of the government in Priština, and the ethnic Albanian unilateral declaration of independence made in early 2008.

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