All the roads on the Kosovo side are blocked by reinforced barricades, the movement of goods and people is difficult, and the Serbs persist in civil disobedience and peaceful protests against Pristina's actions.
Belgrade sent an initiative to solve the problems at the Jarinje and Brnjak crossings, and now, according to the head of Belgrade's negotiating team Borislav Stefanović, Brussels is on the move.
Belgrade's proposal does not include the presence of Kosovo customs officers and police in any element
In a statement to reporters from the north of Kosovo, Stefanović said that Belgrade is waiting for a response from Brussels and that the current incendiary situation in the north is certainly not a favorable atmosphere for continuing the dialogue.
"Beograd's proposal does not include the presence of Kosovo customs officers and police in any element," added Stefanović.Committed to dialogue
He reminded that there were never any Kosovo customs offices in Jarinje and Brnjak, nor did the Kosovo customs function there.
"We are committed to dialogue because it is the only way to solve problems, the only way to come to an agreement", Stefanović said and added that we are now waiting for a positive response from Brussels to "our initiative and the possibility to finally resolve the issue of Jarinje and Brnjak in a mutually acceptable manner." way".
Stefanović positively assessed that the agreement from Brussels on the appearance of the seal has now enabled the circulation of goods from Serbia:
"It is a positive trend and enables a full supply so that our citizens south of the Ibar do not suffer damage".
Buses are not running for the third day
Yesterday, the first trucks with goods from Serbia entered Kosovo after the embargo introduced by Pristina at the beginning of July.
When it comes to passenger traffic, buses that left from the north of the province towards central Serbia have not been running for the third day.
Buses that departed from the north of the province towards central Serbia have not been running for the third day
The reason is the blockade of the Jarinje and Brnjak administrative crossings, and passengers from the north of Kosovo to the cities in the interior of Serbia are transported only by van carriers and that via several alternative travel routes.
Buses do not run on those secondary roads, which are mostly gravel.
Serbia has a plan
If the situation at the crossings persists, said Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dačić, Belgrade could retaliate with reciprocal measures at the crossings that Albanians use the most.
Dacic also said that in the event that the situation in Kosovo and Metohija worsens, Serbia has a plan, but it does not include the involvement of the army and police.
And while the representatives of the state of Serbia call for peace and restraint in the north of Kosovo, Pristina presents the establishment of customs control at crossings 1 and 31 as a great success of its own policy, and the Serbs today additionally strengthened the barricades in Brnjak, and last night in all locations in the north of Kosovo .
Serbs delivered additional quantities of soil
In front of the Brnjak administrative crossing today around noon, the Serbs strengthened the barricades by unloading additional amounts of earth, they spread the Serbian tricolor on the barricade, and their vehicles are parked in front of this crossing, which is also blocked by trucks from the other side from the direction of Ribarić.
The German Bundeswehr sent two Dax-type engineering tanks to Kosovo, which should be used "for demonstrations and to remove barricades."
The Brnjak crossing has since become a KFOR heliport, and the EULEX police and customs officers, as well as their Kosovo colleagues who do not have an operational function, are still at the crossing today.
The Pristina press reports today that allegedly foreign diplomats have presented to the authorities in Belgrade that any violent reaction of the Serbs in the north will seriously damage the position of Serbia.
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