Serbia's Vucic urges Serbs in Kosovo to remove barricades - official

FILE PHOTO: Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic arrives for the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tirana, Albania, December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Florion Goga

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has urged ethnic Serbs in Kosovo to end protests against the Pristina government, reassuring them that they would be immune from prosecution, a Serbian official said on Wednesday.

"We have received guarantees from the United States and European Union that none of the Serbs in Kosovo who participated in protests and who took part in barricades will be prosecuted or arrested," said Petar Petkovic, head of Serbia's government office for Kosovo, in a press briefing.