The NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR) has given the Serbs in the north of the country another 24 hours to remove the barricades from the roads leading to the Jarinje and Brnjak border crossings with Serbia and to a nearby KFOR camp.
KFOR Commander Erhard Drews has delayed a supply convoy for KFOR troops at the border crossings until Tuesday to give people in northern Kosovo more time to remove the roadblocks, the peacekeeping mission said in a statement on Monday.
Officials from the Serb-majority municipalities of Leposavic, northern Mitrovica, Zubin Potok and Zvecane have asked for more time to remove the roadblocks and the KFOR commander has decided to give them one more day, according to the statement.
The KFOR mission is here to protect security and freedom of movement for all people from all communities in Kosovo, and it will continue to do so firmly, carefully and impartially in full compliance with its mandate, the statement said.
