“We have a deal,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wrote on Twitter on Wednesday evening after talks in Brussels hosted by the EU. Under EU supervision, the chief negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia had agreed on measures to prevent further escalation.
We have reached an agreement between #Kosovo other #Serbia that will make it possible to avoid further escalation.
We will discuss the next steps in our proposal to normalize relations between the two sides. pic.twitter.com/YQ7vVWPOgT
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) November 23, 2022
According to Borrell, Serbia will stop issuing license plates related to Kosovo cities and Kosovo will not take any further action regarding the re-registration of vehicles with old Serbian license plates. Borrell will invite the parties to discuss next steps in the coming days.
The government of Kosovo had recently postponed planned fines for using illegal Serbian number plates. Almost all ethnic Serbs in a compact Serb settlement area in northern Kosovo use Serbian-issued number plates, although these are no longer valid from 1 November.
They are supported in their refusal by the Serbian government, which has not recognized Kosovo’s independence since 2008. The Balkan country, whose territory once belonged to Serbia, is now inhabited almost exclusively by Albanians.
The conflict over license plates has fueled tensions between Belgrade and Pristina. By the beginning of the month, almost all Kosovo police officers of Serbian origin had resigned in protest against the ordinance. (sda/dpa)
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