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The implementation of the decision to release a municipal building from the employees of Serbian structures has been postponed again. This is the second time since August 25 that this municipality postpones the decision, amid international concerns about the possible impact of this decision on the security situation.
The news was announced by the mayor of North Mitrovica municipality, Erden Atiq.
In the decision of the local authorities in North Mitrovica for the postponement, it is stated that the municipal inspectorate is obliged to verify the circumstances and reasons for the use of the facility in question.
"The Municipal Inspectorate must bring the Report from point 1) of this article within the time limit of 15 days, after its acceptance and after the evaluation of its findings, this Decision is executed through the enforcement procedure, if the parties have refused the voluntary release of the facility ", it is stated in the municipality's decision.
In the controversial building operate four institutions that are financed by the government of Serbia: the Office for Kosovo in the Serbian government, the Center for Social Work from Vushtrri and the so-called Administrative District of Mitrovica.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said earlier on Friday that there is no discussion of the Serbs leaving the buildings to those they have never met.
He made these comments during a conference with journalists in Belgrade, on the day when the two-week deadline of the local authorities in North Mitrovica for the implementation of the decision to release a municipal building from the employees of Serbian structures was expected to expire.
Lista Serbe, the main subject of Kosovo Serbs, and officials in Belgrade have said that they will not release the municipal building managed by Serbian structures in North Mitrovica and that this issue should be resolved within the dialogue in Brussels. They called on the international factor to, as they said, "prevent the Pristina regime from escalating the situation and causing additional tensions that could have unpredictable consequences on the ground."
The European Union and the United States have asked Kosovo to coordinate on all actions related to the northern municipalities, stressing that the decision of the authorities in North Mitrovica contradicts efforts to reduce tensions in the north inhabited by a Serbian majority.
Even the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, said the day before after the meeting with the President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, that it is essential to avoid further escalation of the situation in the north of Kosovo, while asked the authorities in Pristina to coordinate with international mechanisms for actions in the north.
The European Union has announced September 14 for a high-level meeting between Kosovo and Serbia in Brussels, where solutions will be sought for the current situation between the two countries.
Presidenti serb, Aleksandar Vuçiç tha sot se dialogu është e vetmja mënyrë për të zgjidhur problemet, të cilat sipas tij po grumbullohen. Ai tha se Serbia ka treguar vullnet të mirë duke biseduar me përfaqësuesit e serbëve në Kosovë, që të jenë gjithmonë të gatshëm të pranojnë dialogun, si dhe për çështjen e mbajtjes së zgjedhjeve në veri.
Që nga fundi i muajit maj të këtij viti tensionet ndërmjet Kosovës dhe Serbisë mbeten të larta që kur kryetarët shqiptarë që dolën nga zgjedhjet e 23 prillit të bojkotuara nga serbët, u dërguan në zyrat e komunave veriore me mbështetjen e policisë.
The European Union seeks to reduce tensions through a plan that foresees the suspension of police operations in the north, the relocation of mayors to alternative offices and the announcement of early elections with the unconditional participation of Kosovo Serbs.
The government of Kosovo has already halved the presence of police units in municipal buildings in the north and has agreed to organize new elections. The authorities in Kosovo say that the procedure through the petition would be a more democratic way and would ensure the participation of the Serbs in the elections, but it still remains unclear whether the Serbs will use the petition to remove the current presidents.
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