Five cars belonging to Kosovo Serbs, which changed the license plate of the Republic of Serbia in Kosovo to the license plate of the Republic of Kosovo (RKS), have been burned in the last two days. Albanian news agency telegram.
Around 4:00 am local time in Leposavich on April 1, three cars were burned, and on March 30, two more. Kosovo President Vyosa Osmani Blenen Velya accused Serbian structures in northern Kosovo of arson and chose Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic as the organizer of the action.
Since the end of July 2022, protests and clashes have been taking place in Kosovo between the Serbian people and the Albanian authorities, due to the decision of the Kosovo government to illegally recognize the illegal license plates registered in Kosovo, issued by the Serbian authorities.
In total there are about ten thousand cars with such numbers, but in Pristina only a few dozen drivers met with the authorities, at least seven cases of car arson are known after switching to the numbers of the partially recognized Republic of Kosovo.
From November 1, 2022, car numbers issued by Serbian authorities for vehicles registered in Kosovo were declared illegal in the territory of the partially recognized republic. As a large part of the Serbian population refused to re-register a car during the previous grace period, the Serb population faced a choice: lose the car, re-register in central Serbia or register in Kosovo. state recognition. The decision of the Kosovo government was met with the erection of barricades and acts of disobedience to the Albanian authorities by some of the Serb population in Kosovo.
On 18 March, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti in Ohrid, Macedonia under the mediation of the EU. After 12 hours of negotiations, the parties acceptance took action to normalize relations.