Tensions are stretching again between Kosovo and Serbia

In a statement made by the Kosovo police, it was reported that fire was opened on the vehicle on the grounds that the lives of the policemen were in direct danger.

“The checkpoint police unit attempted to stop a car directly endangering the lives of the policemen by colliding with a Kosovo police car while it was in motion. The police officers opened fire on the vehicle to neutralize the danger to them.” statements were included.

“I HAD TO SHOOT”

Kosovo Interior Minister Xhelal Sveçla also stated on his social media account that violence against Kosovo police will not be tolerated, saying:

“We are deeply concerned about the incident in Leposavic. Two people in the vehicle tried to escape police control. They deliberately crashed into a Kosovo police car, endangering the lives of the policemen. Police officers had to fire at the vehicle to calm the situation.”

HARD STATEMENT FROM SERBIA

Petar Petkovic, Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo, reacted to the incident, stating that the police opened fire on the people in the vehicle for no reason, just because they did not allow the police to mistreat them.

Petkovic announced that a person wounded by gunfire was being treated in the Serbian city of Kraljevo.

In the statement made by the Serbian List in Kosovo, it was requested that the special units of the Kosovo police immediately withdraw from the region, “We stress once again that the presence of these formations can lead us to a spiral of events that will irreversibly threaten peace in this region”. expression was used.

On the other hand, the Kosovo police reported that writings of “Wagner” were written on the walls of the regions where Serbs live in the north of the country and the investigation continues.

KOSOVO-SERBIAN TENSION

Reacting to the arrest of former Serb police officer Dejan Pantic, Kosovar Serbs blocked roads with barricades they erected in northern Kosovo from December 10 to 29, 2022.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had called for the removal of barricades erected in response to Pantic’s arrest in northern Kosovo, after the arrest warrant was converted to house arrest.

Serbia considers Kosovo, which unilaterally declared its independence in 2008, as its territory.

Serbia and Kosovo, which regularly clash, are trying to find a common path to normalize relations and eventually for the two countries to get to know each other, within the framework of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue Process launched in 2011 under the mediation of the European Union. (AA)