Serbs in northern Kosovo to start removing barricades from Thursday


  • World
  • Wednesday, 28 Dec 2022

A roadblock is seen in Rudare, near the northern part of the ethnically-divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, December 28, 2022. REUTERS/Florion Goga

MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) -Kosovo Serbs who have been blocking roads in northern Kosovo for 19 days have agreed to start removing barricades from Thursday morning, bowing to calls by the United States and European Union to defuse tensions.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic who met Serbs from northern Kosovo in the Serbian town of Raska said the process of removing barricades will begin on Thursday morning.

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