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Tensions in the North, Escobar: There are other buildings where the work of mayors can be done

Politiko 2023-06-04 11:05:24

Tensions in the North, Escobar: There are other buildings where the work of

The American envoy for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, spoke to the BBC about the tensions in the north of Kosovo. He said that the escalation of tensions in the north was avoidable.

"This escalation was partly the result of the unwillingness of the Kosovar side to listen to the international community. She has provoked tensions, unnecessarily, by insisting on the use of municipal facilities. There are other buildings from which work can be done, and if nothing else, the coronavirus pandemic has taught us that we can also work from alternative locations."

Escobar has said that the efforts of the international factor to coordinate with the Government of Kosovo have encountered resistance.

"There was no need to go to those buildings. They have no real value. They are mostly dry now. Kurti has assured us that those mayors will only exercise administrative authorities, to perform basic municipal services".

Escobar has reiterated that the cycle of violence must be broken and that both sides, both Kosovo and Serbia, have a responsibility to act in that direction.

"Many members of the international community are seeing this situation as a confrontation between Kosovo and Serbia. But we must remember that here there is also a failure to achieve ethnic reconciliation within Kosovo. We have encouraged both sides to engage in dialogue."

Escobar, together with the European envoy for the Western Balkans, Miroslav Lajcak, will visit Kosovo and Serbia on June 5 and 6.

On May 30, the American ambassador to Kosovo, Jeffrey Hovenier, said that as a result of the non-coordination of the Government of Kosovo with the USA, regarding actions in the north, Prishtina was excluded from the largest military exercises of NATO allies in the region. of the Balkans, Defender Europe 2023. /REL

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