Albanian mayors took office in Kosovo’s Serb-majority area, after Serbs boycotted polls. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BULBOACA, Moldova - France and Germany urged the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia to organise new elections as soon as possible inSpeaking afterin Moldova, Mr Macron said he and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had given them a week to respond to their proposals.
Unrest in Kosovo’s north has intensified since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the region’s Serb-majority area, a move that led the US and its allies to rebuke Pristina. The majority Serb population had boycotted the April election, allowing ethnic Albanians to win the poll. “What we have asked the two parties is very simple: the organisation as soon as possible of new elections in these four municipalities with a commitment from Kosovo,” Mr Macron told reporters.
They had also asked for clear participation from the Serbian side and the resolution without delay on the question of the associations of Serb municipalities from the Kosovo side.The presidents of Serbia and Kosovo insisted on Thursday that they want to defuse a violent crisis in northern Kosovo but showed little sign of backing down from their opposing positions. REUTERS
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