
After 24 hours of tensions in the north of Kosovo, the situation has calmed down. Police forces have removed the transport vehicles and announce that the roads are free.
Despite the fact that the international community, the USA and the EU strongly condemned the violence caused, warning that this would have consequences for Kosovo, Prime Minister Albin Kurti through a reaction on social networks states that his government was forced to implement its constitutional obligations.
"We are aware and understand the concerns raised by our international partners. But any other option would be a failure to fulfill the constitutional obligations of our Government towards the new presidents. It would be failure to fulfill the obligations and obligations of the new presidents towards the citizens of the Republic; and, it would make it impossible to provide basic municipal services to citizens ", Kurti said.
Kurti invites the Serbian citizens to cooperate with the Albanian mayors of the three municipalities.
For the strong clashes caused on Friday, NATO also reacted, inviting the official Pristina to escalate the situation. Spokesperson Oana Lungesku states that NATO also calls on all parties to resolve the situation through dialogue.
The NATO mission, KFOR, announces that it continues to be vigilant and provide a safe environment.
Riots in the Serbian-majority municipalities of Zveçan, Leposavic and Zubin Potok were caused by the assumption of office of Albanian mayors, which were met with protests by the residents of the area. In the clashes with the police and the Serbs, there were several injuries.
In the April 23 elections in the four municipalities in the north of Kosovo, the Serbian parties boycotted the process and the turnout was 3.4 percent, and their direction was taken by the Albanians for the first time.