Kosovo and Serbia reach deal on licence plate dispute – Borrell

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo reached an settlement to finish their dispute over licence plates, in keeping with the European Union’s prime diplomat.

“We’ve got a deal,” mentioned the EU’s excessive consultant for international affairs Josep Borrell in a tweet on Wednesday.

The newest rise in tensions between the 2 sides is over Kosovo’s plan to start fining 1000’s of motorists who presently have Serb-issued licence plates.

The transfer angered Serbs in northern Kosovo who, like Belgrade, don’t recognise Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia. Many individuals have resigned from public establishments to protest the brand new provision, together with tons of of cops.

The deal introduced by Borrell gave the impression to be just like the settlement Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti failed to succeed in on Monday.

Borrell mentioned that Serbia agreed to cease issuing licence plates with Kosovo cities’ denomination on them whereas Kosovo would “stop additional actions associated to re-registration of autos.”

Kurti had previously suspended the plan to wonderful motorists for 48 hours on account of a request by the US.

Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani in the meantime thanked the US in a tweet on Wednesday “for his or her lively engagement in reaching right now’s deal in Brussels.”

Osmani had accused Borrell of bias over his assertion singling out Kosovo for the breakdown of the deal on Monday.

Borrell had criticised the leaders on Monday for failing to succeed in a deal, stating that he would inform EU international locations and their worldwide companions about “the unconstructive behaviour of events and full lack of respect for his or her worldwide authorized obligations, and this goes specifically for Kosovo.”