Unrest among Kosovo Serbs over a requirement for them to use state-issued car number plates by October 31 has raised fears of conflict between Kosovo and Serbia
NATO is ready to ramp up troops in Kosovo if tensions among minority Serbs flare again, the deputy commander of the alliance’s peacekeeping mission said on Tuesday as a deadline in a spat with the government over car license plates approaches.
Unrest among Kosovo Serbs over a requirement for them to use state-issued car number plates by Oct. 31 has raised fears of conflict between Kosovo and Serbia, more than two decades after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization bombed Serbia to end repression of Kosovo’s Albanian majority. Kosovo Serbs in the north currently use old Serbian car plates that were issued before the 1999 war or later reproduced to look as the old car plates.
Attempts to introduce Kosovo licence plates in heavily Serb northern Kosovo this summer led to clashes between police and local Serbs who erected roadblocks. The barricades were only dismantled when NATO peacekeepers stepped in and Kosovo agreed to postpone the licensing rule. “Violence has no place in the region. KFOR remains vigilant, and stands ready to intervene should stability be jeopardized,” he underlined.
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