On the Kosovska Mitrovica-Raška road in the village of Rudare, citizens blocked the road to Jarinje with concrete blocks.
Traffic there moves slowly and the people at the blockade allow civilian cars to pass, as well as EULEX and KFOR vehicles.
According to those gathered, passage will be blocked only by Kosovo customs officers.
Around 11 am, the road Kosovska Mitrovica-Ribarić in the municipality of Zubin Potok was also blocked. That road leads to the Brnjak crossing. Serbs from the north of Kosovo said that they fear that with the arrival of Kosovo customs officials, the collection of duties will also begin at the Jarinje and Brnjak crossings. They stated that they do not want to pay dues to Pristina or to special funds, but that they want to be returned to the Serbian system.
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic told TV Most from Zvečani on Sunday that the latest agreement in Brussels on tolling at crossings represents the first step towards autonomy for the community of Serbian municipalities in Kosovo. The Prime Minister said that customs duties will not be paid at the crossings with Kosovo, but value added tax and excise taxes, and that this money will go to a special fund for the development of the north of Kosovo, which, according to him, is the first step towards establishing autonomy for the Serbian community. municipality in Kosovo.
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said yesterday that a special fund has already been formed, but that the funds from it will be included in the Kosovo budget.
Scheduled meeting in Kosovska Mitrovica on January 30
The leaders of local self-governments from the north of Kosovo decided today to invite citizens to a rally on January 30 in Kosovska Mitrovica to tell Belgrade and the international community that they will not agree to live in an independent Kosovo.
The rally on Šumadija Square will start at 12 noon, said the president of the SO Zvečan Momčilo Gvozdić and added that he expects a large response from citizens.
"We agreed that representatives of all structures will speak at the meeting - there will be a dozen speakers, and the goal is to hear the will of all citizens, not only the leaders of local self-governments," said Gvozdić. He added that the meeting will "send a message to the entire international community about what the people of the north of the province want, which has been announced several times so far".
"The international community and representatives of our country should respect the will of the people expressed in last year's referendum, which is that we do not want to live in an independent Kosovo," said Gvozdić and expressed the expectation that Belgrade would support such a position.
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