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Alexander said the Serbians started removing the blockades on Thursday. It is expected to ease weeks of tensions between Kosovo and Serbia, threatening fresh conflict in the Balkans.
Kosovo reopened its main border post with Serbia on Thursday. At the same time, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that more than a dozen roadblocks to enter northern Kosovo would also be removed. Alexander said the Serbians started removing the blockades on Thursday. It is expected to ease weeks of tensions between Kosovo and Serbia, threatening fresh conflict in the Balkans.
Kosovo demanded that NATO-led peacekeepers remove the barriers, failing which its troops would do the job. Serbia also deployed its troops on combat readiness along the border with Kosovo and called for an end to attacks on Serbians living in Kosovo. Vucic said that the agreement to remove the barricade on the border was reached at a late night meeting of the leaders of the two countries in Hui. Significantly, in the year 1998-99, the Albanian-led separatist rebels of Kosove waged war and at that time there was brutal action against the Serbian people. During that time Serbia was one of its provinces. In 1999, NATO intervened to stop the bloodshed and Serbia seceded from Kosovo.
Disclaimer:Prabhasakshi has not edited this news. This news has been published from PTI-language feed.
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