Kosovo closed border crossing due to Serbian protests
2022.12.28 03:53
Kosovo closed border crossing due to Serbian protests
Budrigannews.com – On Wednesday, protesters on the Serbian side of Kosovo’s largest border crossing blocked it in support of their ethnic kin in Kosovo’s refusal to recognize the country’s independence.
Since Dec. 10, protests on both sides of the Kosovo border have closed two more Serbian border crossings, leaving only three open entry points between the two countries.
After weeks of escalating tensions between Belgrade and Pristina, Serbia announced that it had placed its army on the highest level of alert. The latest protest occurred just hours later.
According to reports from Belgrade-based media, Serbs in Serbia used a truck and tractors on Tuesday to set up the latest roadblock close to the Merdare crossing on the eastern border of Kosovo. The deterrent is forestalling huge number of Kosovars who work somewhere else in Europe from getting back for occasions.
In the ethnically divided northern part of Kosovo, about 50,000 Serbs refuse to recognize either Kosovo’s independence from Serbia or the Pristina government. Numerous Serbs in Serbia and its government back them.
On its Facebook page, Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry stated, “If you have already entered Serbia, you must use other border crossings… or go through North Macedonia.” page, announcing the Merdare crossing’s closure. Even though it appeared that the crossing was already inaccessible, the closure went into effect at midnight.
Kosovo’s most important entry point for road freight is Merdare. The nation has rail connections to other countries.
More than ten roadblocks have been erected in and around Mitrovica since December 10, when Serbs in northern Kosovo have engaged in gunfire with police. The arrest of a former Serb policeman for allegedly assaulting serving officers prompted their action.
Two more roadblocks were erected in the north on Tuesday.
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Kosovo, which has a majority of Albanians, declared independence from Serbia in 2008 with support from the West. This came after a war in 1998 and 1999 in which NATO intervened to protect the citizens who were ethnic Albanian.
The public authority in Pristina has asked NATO’s peacekeeping power for the nation, KFOR, to clear the blockades. However, KFOR is unable to act on Serbian soil.
