Mentre esponenti governativi albanesi incominciano a palesare i piani di
annessione
del Kosovo all'Albania, l'amministrazione coloniale ONU (UNMIK)
introduce le dogane,
con i rispettivi dazi da pagare, alla frontiera amministrativa interna
tra Kosovo e Serbia
centrale.
---
> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/20010412155131846956.html
ALBANIA: MINISTRO GIUSTIZIA PER UNIFICAZIONE CON KOSOVO
(ANSA) - TIRANA, 12 APR - Il ministro della giustizia albanese Arben
Imami,
leader del Partito per l'Allenza democratica (Pad), ha detto oggi che
''il
futuro obiettivo politico'' del suo partito ''e' l'unificazione pacifica
tra Albania e Kosovo''. Secondo Imami, il Pad lavorera' nella prossima
legislatura per giungere a questo risultato attraverso quattro diverse
direttive: l'unificazione politico-istituzionale tra le due entita',
l'unificazione monetaria, doganale e fiscale e l'unificazione nel campo
dell'istruzione ''per creare un unico spazio culturale albanese''. La
quarta direttiva indicata da Imami e' quella oggettivamente piu'
complessa:
''Incoraggiare un movimento diplomatico che convinca la comunita'
internazionale che l'unificazione tra Albania e Kosovo non crea una
forza
destabilizzante, ma e' al contrario una garanzia per la stabilita' di
Albania, Kosovo e di tutta l'europa sud-orientale''. Il ministro si e'
detto convinto che ''il processo di integrazione europea va in questa
direzione''. E' la prima volta che un esponente del governo albanese
(pur
se rappresentante di un partito minore) si esprime in favore
dell'unificazione tra Albania e Kosovo. In precedenza solo l'attuale
leader
dell'opposizione Sali Berisha (con il quale il Pad sta valutando se
partecipare insieme alle prossime elezioni di giugno), si era detto
favorevole alla creazione di ''una federazione albanese'' nei
Balcani.(ANSA)
BLL 12/04/2001 15:51
> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/20010417122431849901.html
KOSOVO: MITROVICA, SERBI BLOCCANO MEZZI KFOR E ONU
(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 17 APR - Manifestanti serbi hanno organizzato da
questa
mattina blocchi stradali intorno a Kosovska Mitrovica, turbolenta citta'
del Kosovo settentrionale per protestare contro una decisione della
missione delle Nazioni Unite (Unmik) per l'imposizione di dazi doganali
sulle merci provenienti dal vicino territorio della Serbia.
Andrea Angeli, portavoce della missione Onu, ha confermato che ai posti
di
blocco viene impedito il passaggio anche ai mezzi dell'Unmik e della
Kfor,
forza di pace a guida Nato.
La tensione e' molto alta anche dopo la decisione annunciata dal
comitato
di crisi serbo di voler interrompere tutte le relazioni con i
rappresentanti della missione delle Nazioni Unite. La prevista riunione
settimanale fissata per questa mattina con rappresentanti dell'Unmik e'
stata annullata dai delegati serbi. La notte scorsa un'auto di un
albanese
che si trovava sul lato serbo della citta' e' stata incendiata. Fino a
questo momento non si segnalano scontri. (ANSA).
BLL 17/04/2001 12:24
---
"IL GOVERNO JUGOSLAVO NON APPROVA"
ZIVKOVIC: YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT DID NOT APPROVE CUSTOMS POINTS
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) Yugoslav Interior Minister Zoran
Zivkovic told Tanjug Tuesday, on the occasion of the setting up of UNMIK
customs posts on the administrative boundary of Kosovo and Metohija,
that
noone on the Yugoslav side approved their opening.
Zivkovic, in a Serbian parliament break, said he heard UNMIK's
explanation that it was a reaction to the control points opened recently
by
the Republic of Serbia on the other side of the administrative boundary
"although there are no customs crossings."
Zivkovic assessed that "it was remark that deserves further
consideration," adding that a solution will most probably be found in
the
next few days.
"IL GOVERNO SERBO NON ERA STATO INFORMATO"
UNMIK CUSTOMS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF SERBIAN GOVERNMENT
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) The Serbian government said on
Tuesday that it was not informed or consulted about the introduction of
customs posts on the administrative boundary of Kosovo and Metohija with
the rest of Serbia.
Incorrect are all claims, coming from whatever side, that the
government was officially informed, or, even consulted, about the
introduction of customs posts at Rudnice and Jerinje near Zubin Potok
and
Leposavic.
"The Serbian government was informed about the introduction of
customs posts by the media and considers the decision wrong and contrary
to
all domestic and international legal regulations, and particularly
Resolution 1244," the statement said adding that UNMIK has been informed
about the position of the Serbian government.
"IL PARLAMENTO SERBO SI OPPONE"
SERBIAN PARLIAMENT OPPOSES CUSTOMS CHECKPOINTS IN NORTHERN KOSOVO
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) The Serbian parliament on Tuesday
strongly condemned the UN Civilian Mission for Kosovo and Metohija
(UNMIK)
decision to place Customs checkpoints at the administrative border
between
Serbia's southern province and other parts of Serbia.
A statement issued after a meeting, which the parliament
presidency held with the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, Socialist
Party
of Serbia and Party of the Serbian Unity party club representatives and
MPs
from KosovoMetohija, said that the Serbian parliament "strongly condemns
the placing of Customs checkpoints."
"Such onesided UNMIK administration moves are aggravating an
otherwise dramatic situation in KosovoMetohija and may increase the
plight
and moving out of Serbian and other nonAlbanian population," said the
statement submitted to Tanjug by the parliament's Information Service.
The Serbian parliament "believes that the embitterment of Serbs
throughout northern Kosovo is justified and therefore demands that UNMIK
urgently remove illegal Customs checkpoints, because they clash with (UN
Security Council) Resolution 1244," the statement said.
ANCHE LA DOS CONDANNA LA DECISIONE DELL'UNMIK
NO YUGOSLAV CUSTOMS ON ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARY WITH KOSOVO
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) DOS party grouping head in Serbian
parliament Cedomir Jovanovic said on Tuesday that "there are no customs
points on our side towards Kosovo and Metohija, nor did they ever
exist,"
but only points for controlling all goods entering FR Yugoslavia.
Kosovo and Metohija are part of Serbia and Yugoslavia and there
is
no reason for forming internal customs posts, Jovanovic told reporters
in
Serbian parliament.
Pointing out he expected from the Serbian government to react
officially, Jovanovic assessed that "everything that the international
community did last weekend deserves the strongest condemnation of both
the
Yugoslav and Serbian administrations" and that "there are no reasons for
such radical and flagrant violations of Resolution 1244."
KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE HOPELESS CASE, SERBIAN VICEPREMIER SAYS
LOZNICA, April 18 (Tanjug) The world community has not been
authorized by the Yugoslav or Serbian authorities to set up a customs
administration anywhere in KosovoMetohija, and it is unclear why, and to
what end, this has been done, Serbian VicePremier Vuk Obradovic said in
the
western Serbian town of Loznica late Tuesday. Asked at a press
conference
whether the establishment of the UN customs administration was a step
towards an independent KosovoMetohija, Obradovic, who is also the leader
of
SocialDemocracy (SD), replied that "independence of Kosovo is a hopeless
case", as this province was, and would be, part of Serbia and
Yugoslavia.
"Everybody in the world community should be aware of the fact
that
any problems emerging in the Balkans and southeastern Europe can only be
tackled through the socalled regional approach," Obradovic said.
BATIC: UNMIK'S DECISION HAS TO BE CHANGED
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) Serbian Justice Minister Vladan
Batic
said on Tuesday that UNMIK's decision for setting up customs posts on
the
administrative boundary of Kosovo and Metohija with Serbia was taken
without consultations with the Yugoslav and Serbian authorities.
The decision "has to be changed," he told reporters in Serbian
parliament.
"IL GOVERNO JUGOSLAVO ERA STATO INFORMATO A META' FEBBRAIO"
YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT WAS INFORMED ABOUT SETTING UP CUSTOMS IN KOSOVO
NEW YORK, April 18 (Tanjug) UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said in
New
York on Tuesday that UNMIK is the temporary authority in KosovoMetohija
and
that the decision to collect tax for local needs is in conformity with
the
mandate of the UN mission, and that all people in the province will
benefit
from the income.
Eckhard said that protests and objections of Kosovo Serbs
against
this decision would be better accepted if they were processed through
legal
channels.
The border taxes have a local character, and are intended for
resolving local problems, and therefore it is normal that they should be
collected in the territory of KosovoMetohija, a UN Secretariate legal
expert said.
The expert pointed out that the UNMIK decision is neither new
nor
unexpected, since, according to him, the Yugoslav government and the
Committee for cooperation with UNMIK were informed about it in
midFebruary.
BLOCCHI STRADALI PER PROTESTA
UNMIK AND KOSOVO SERBS LOCK HORNS
NORTHERN KOSOVO, 18 April (B92) As road blockades begin to
bite,
north Kosovo Serbs and the UN mission are continuing to dig their heels
in
over the Kosovo-Serbia customs dispute.
Serbian political representatives from the area pledged today
that
the blockades would remain for as long as UNMIK sticks to its decision
to
open customs checkpoints on the administrative border.
A Radio B92 correspondent reports that the selective blockades
on
KFOR and UNMIK supply routes are beginning to bite since army and police
will not allow food to be airlifted in to the international troops.
The squeeze has intensified with a further blockade in Kosovska
Mitrovica near the bridge over the Ibar River. In response to Belgrade
pleas of ignorance, UNMIK spokesman Frank Benjaminsen yesterday claimed
that in fact the Yugoslav authorities had given approval and indeed were
kept informed of the move.
Benjaminsen denied it was a further step towards the separation
of
Kosovo, adding that tax would be paid only on certain goods originating
outside Yugoslavia.
Unmoved, Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic warned of a possible
escalation of tension between protestors and KFOR.
Kosovska Mitrovica municipality president Nenad Radosavljevic
claimed that protest organisers were in fact Socialist activists and
smugglers who had manipulated the people. (Radio B92)
KOSOVOMETOHIJA SERBS BLOCK ROADS TO CENTRAL SERBIA
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, April 17 (Tanjug) KosovoMetohija Serbs
blocked the road through Leposavic on Tuesday, bringing traffic between
the
Serbian province and central Serbia to a complete halt, after a decision
of
the local Political Defense Committee and the authorities of
municipalities
in northern Kosovska Mitrovica.
All roads in Kosovska Mitrovica, Zvecan, Leposavic, and Zubin
Potok have been blocked since 8 am on Tuesday. The blockade also applies
to
all vehicles of international organizations.
KOSOVO SERBS BLOCK IBAR TRUNK ROAD NEAR LEPOSAVIC
LEPOSAVIC, April 17 (Tanjug) Serbs in Leposavic blocked the
Ibar
trunk road in four places early on Tuesday, protesting against the
placing
of Customs checkpoints at the administrative border between
KosovoMetohija
and other parts of Serbia. Serbs said that the "people in the Leposavic
municipality will
not allow a greater Albania to be set up by the placing of Customs
checkpoints at the administrative border between KosovoMetohija and
Serbia."
"Through a perfidiously pursued policy and disregard of UN
Security Council Resolution 1244 and the Kumanovo Agreement, KFOR and
UNMIK
have sided with ethnic Albanian extremists," it was said in a statement
made by the Serbs who blocked the road at 8 a.m. "We will use all
democratic means to oppose this."
The barricades, placed in Socanica, Leposavic, Lesak and
Jerinje
at the administrative border between KosovoMetohija and Serbia, will be
removed once Customs officers withdraw from the KFOR's Belgian
contingent
checkpoint.
The Leposavic municipality crisis board protest has been joined
by
all enterprises, shops and catering facilities, which stopped working at
9
a.m. Schools and universities have disrupted classes and lectures and
the
local health centre and outpatient clinics admit only the patients who
need
urgent treatment.
UNMIK police and KFOR troops are peacefully observing the road
blocks and their commands are constantly in touch with the Leposavic
municipality crisis board.
PROTESTS, ROAD BLOCKS TO GO ON UNTIL REMOVAL OF CUSTOMS CHECKPOINTS
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, April 17 (Tanjug) Serbs in northern
KosovoMetohija will never accept Customs checkpoints at the
administrative
border between KosovoMetohija and other parts of Serbia, several
thousand
protesters taking part in a rally in northern Kosovska Mitrovica said on
Tuesday.
Protesters said that the UNMIK decision in Kosovo symbolised
one
of the attributes of statehood and that this was a first step towards
the
realisation of an independent Kosovo state.
Serbs will decisively oppose this decision, using all available
democratic means, it was said at the rally, held at the central town
square.
Member of the Political Committee for the defence of the
northern
part of KosovoMetohija Dr Milan Ivanovic said that the introduction of
Customs put economic and political pressure on the Serbs, brought their
survival into question and meant that their expulsion from Serbia's
southern province would continue.
Ivanovic said that KosovoMetohija was and would remain an
integral
part of Serbia and Yugoslavia and called upon Serbs to persist in their
struggle aimed at removing Customs checkpoints. He said that roads would
remain blocked until the withdrawal of this decision and that peaceful
rallies would be held every day.
The next protest rally is to be held in Zvecane on Wednesday.
The
Kosovska Mitrovica rally ended with a stroll to the road block at the
end
of the town, in the direction of Zvecane.
During the rally, two KFOR fighter plains and two helicopters
flew
low over the site.
KFOR SPOKESMAN: SERBS BLOCK KFOR VEHICLES ON FIVE ROADS
PRISTINA, April 17 (Tanjug) Kosovo and Metohija international
force KFOR spokesman Roy Brown said in Pristina on Tuesday that United
Nations and KFOR vehicles were stranded on at least five roads in
northern
Kosovo and Metohija blocked by Serbs from this part of the province in
protest against a unilateral decision by the U.N. Kosovo civilian
mission
UNMIK to set up a tax checkpoint on the administrative boundary between
Kosovo and Metohija and Serbia proper.
KFOR is trying to resolve the situation without confrontations,
but it has warned that members of the international force are ready to
remove the blockades if necessary for peacekeeping operations or "the
passage of the essential services," the spokesman said.
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del Kosovo all'Albania, l'amministrazione coloniale ONU (UNMIK)
introduce le dogane,
con i rispettivi dazi da pagare, alla frontiera amministrativa interna
tra Kosovo e Serbia
centrale.
---
> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/20010412155131846956.html
ALBANIA: MINISTRO GIUSTIZIA PER UNIFICAZIONE CON KOSOVO
(ANSA) - TIRANA, 12 APR - Il ministro della giustizia albanese Arben
Imami,
leader del Partito per l'Allenza democratica (Pad), ha detto oggi che
''il
futuro obiettivo politico'' del suo partito ''e' l'unificazione pacifica
tra Albania e Kosovo''. Secondo Imami, il Pad lavorera' nella prossima
legislatura per giungere a questo risultato attraverso quattro diverse
direttive: l'unificazione politico-istituzionale tra le due entita',
l'unificazione monetaria, doganale e fiscale e l'unificazione nel campo
dell'istruzione ''per creare un unico spazio culturale albanese''. La
quarta direttiva indicata da Imami e' quella oggettivamente piu'
complessa:
''Incoraggiare un movimento diplomatico che convinca la comunita'
internazionale che l'unificazione tra Albania e Kosovo non crea una
forza
destabilizzante, ma e' al contrario una garanzia per la stabilita' di
Albania, Kosovo e di tutta l'europa sud-orientale''. Il ministro si e'
detto convinto che ''il processo di integrazione europea va in questa
direzione''. E' la prima volta che un esponente del governo albanese
(pur
se rappresentante di un partito minore) si esprime in favore
dell'unificazione tra Albania e Kosovo. In precedenza solo l'attuale
leader
dell'opposizione Sali Berisha (con il quale il Pad sta valutando se
partecipare insieme alle prossime elezioni di giugno), si era detto
favorevole alla creazione di ''una federazione albanese'' nei
Balcani.(ANSA)
BLL 12/04/2001 15:51
> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/20010417122431849901.html
KOSOVO: MITROVICA, SERBI BLOCCANO MEZZI KFOR E ONU
(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 17 APR - Manifestanti serbi hanno organizzato da
questa
mattina blocchi stradali intorno a Kosovska Mitrovica, turbolenta citta'
del Kosovo settentrionale per protestare contro una decisione della
missione delle Nazioni Unite (Unmik) per l'imposizione di dazi doganali
sulle merci provenienti dal vicino territorio della Serbia.
Andrea Angeli, portavoce della missione Onu, ha confermato che ai posti
di
blocco viene impedito il passaggio anche ai mezzi dell'Unmik e della
Kfor,
forza di pace a guida Nato.
La tensione e' molto alta anche dopo la decisione annunciata dal
comitato
di crisi serbo di voler interrompere tutte le relazioni con i
rappresentanti della missione delle Nazioni Unite. La prevista riunione
settimanale fissata per questa mattina con rappresentanti dell'Unmik e'
stata annullata dai delegati serbi. La notte scorsa un'auto di un
albanese
che si trovava sul lato serbo della citta' e' stata incendiata. Fino a
questo momento non si segnalano scontri. (ANSA).
BLL 17/04/2001 12:24
---
"IL GOVERNO JUGOSLAVO NON APPROVA"
ZIVKOVIC: YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT DID NOT APPROVE CUSTOMS POINTS
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) Yugoslav Interior Minister Zoran
Zivkovic told Tanjug Tuesday, on the occasion of the setting up of UNMIK
customs posts on the administrative boundary of Kosovo and Metohija,
that
noone on the Yugoslav side approved their opening.
Zivkovic, in a Serbian parliament break, said he heard UNMIK's
explanation that it was a reaction to the control points opened recently
by
the Republic of Serbia on the other side of the administrative boundary
"although there are no customs crossings."
Zivkovic assessed that "it was remark that deserves further
consideration," adding that a solution will most probably be found in
the
next few days.
"IL GOVERNO SERBO NON ERA STATO INFORMATO"
UNMIK CUSTOMS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF SERBIAN GOVERNMENT
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) The Serbian government said on
Tuesday that it was not informed or consulted about the introduction of
customs posts on the administrative boundary of Kosovo and Metohija with
the rest of Serbia.
Incorrect are all claims, coming from whatever side, that the
government was officially informed, or, even consulted, about the
introduction of customs posts at Rudnice and Jerinje near Zubin Potok
and
Leposavic.
"The Serbian government was informed about the introduction of
customs posts by the media and considers the decision wrong and contrary
to
all domestic and international legal regulations, and particularly
Resolution 1244," the statement said adding that UNMIK has been informed
about the position of the Serbian government.
"IL PARLAMENTO SERBO SI OPPONE"
SERBIAN PARLIAMENT OPPOSES CUSTOMS CHECKPOINTS IN NORTHERN KOSOVO
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) The Serbian parliament on Tuesday
strongly condemned the UN Civilian Mission for Kosovo and Metohija
(UNMIK)
decision to place Customs checkpoints at the administrative border
between
Serbia's southern province and other parts of Serbia.
A statement issued after a meeting, which the parliament
presidency held with the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, Socialist
Party
of Serbia and Party of the Serbian Unity party club representatives and
MPs
from KosovoMetohija, said that the Serbian parliament "strongly condemns
the placing of Customs checkpoints."
"Such onesided UNMIK administration moves are aggravating an
otherwise dramatic situation in KosovoMetohija and may increase the
plight
and moving out of Serbian and other nonAlbanian population," said the
statement submitted to Tanjug by the parliament's Information Service.
The Serbian parliament "believes that the embitterment of Serbs
throughout northern Kosovo is justified and therefore demands that UNMIK
urgently remove illegal Customs checkpoints, because they clash with (UN
Security Council) Resolution 1244," the statement said.
ANCHE LA DOS CONDANNA LA DECISIONE DELL'UNMIK
NO YUGOSLAV CUSTOMS ON ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARY WITH KOSOVO
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) DOS party grouping head in Serbian
parliament Cedomir Jovanovic said on Tuesday that "there are no customs
points on our side towards Kosovo and Metohija, nor did they ever
exist,"
but only points for controlling all goods entering FR Yugoslavia.
Kosovo and Metohija are part of Serbia and Yugoslavia and there
is
no reason for forming internal customs posts, Jovanovic told reporters
in
Serbian parliament.
Pointing out he expected from the Serbian government to react
officially, Jovanovic assessed that "everything that the international
community did last weekend deserves the strongest condemnation of both
the
Yugoslav and Serbian administrations" and that "there are no reasons for
such radical and flagrant violations of Resolution 1244."
KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE HOPELESS CASE, SERBIAN VICEPREMIER SAYS
LOZNICA, April 18 (Tanjug) The world community has not been
authorized by the Yugoslav or Serbian authorities to set up a customs
administration anywhere in KosovoMetohija, and it is unclear why, and to
what end, this has been done, Serbian VicePremier Vuk Obradovic said in
the
western Serbian town of Loznica late Tuesday. Asked at a press
conference
whether the establishment of the UN customs administration was a step
towards an independent KosovoMetohija, Obradovic, who is also the leader
of
SocialDemocracy (SD), replied that "independence of Kosovo is a hopeless
case", as this province was, and would be, part of Serbia and
Yugoslavia.
"Everybody in the world community should be aware of the fact
that
any problems emerging in the Balkans and southeastern Europe can only be
tackled through the socalled regional approach," Obradovic said.
BATIC: UNMIK'S DECISION HAS TO BE CHANGED
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) Serbian Justice Minister Vladan
Batic
said on Tuesday that UNMIK's decision for setting up customs posts on
the
administrative boundary of Kosovo and Metohija with Serbia was taken
without consultations with the Yugoslav and Serbian authorities.
The decision "has to be changed," he told reporters in Serbian
parliament.
"IL GOVERNO JUGOSLAVO ERA STATO INFORMATO A META' FEBBRAIO"
YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT WAS INFORMED ABOUT SETTING UP CUSTOMS IN KOSOVO
NEW YORK, April 18 (Tanjug) UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said in
New
York on Tuesday that UNMIK is the temporary authority in KosovoMetohija
and
that the decision to collect tax for local needs is in conformity with
the
mandate of the UN mission, and that all people in the province will
benefit
from the income.
Eckhard said that protests and objections of Kosovo Serbs
against
this decision would be better accepted if they were processed through
legal
channels.
The border taxes have a local character, and are intended for
resolving local problems, and therefore it is normal that they should be
collected in the territory of KosovoMetohija, a UN Secretariate legal
expert said.
The expert pointed out that the UNMIK decision is neither new
nor
unexpected, since, according to him, the Yugoslav government and the
Committee for cooperation with UNMIK were informed about it in
midFebruary.
BLOCCHI STRADALI PER PROTESTA
UNMIK AND KOSOVO SERBS LOCK HORNS
NORTHERN KOSOVO, 18 April (B92) As road blockades begin to
bite,
north Kosovo Serbs and the UN mission are continuing to dig their heels
in
over the Kosovo-Serbia customs dispute.
Serbian political representatives from the area pledged today
that
the blockades would remain for as long as UNMIK sticks to its decision
to
open customs checkpoints on the administrative border.
A Radio B92 correspondent reports that the selective blockades
on
KFOR and UNMIK supply routes are beginning to bite since army and police
will not allow food to be airlifted in to the international troops.
The squeeze has intensified with a further blockade in Kosovska
Mitrovica near the bridge over the Ibar River. In response to Belgrade
pleas of ignorance, UNMIK spokesman Frank Benjaminsen yesterday claimed
that in fact the Yugoslav authorities had given approval and indeed were
kept informed of the move.
Benjaminsen denied it was a further step towards the separation
of
Kosovo, adding that tax would be paid only on certain goods originating
outside Yugoslavia.
Unmoved, Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic warned of a possible
escalation of tension between protestors and KFOR.
Kosovska Mitrovica municipality president Nenad Radosavljevic
claimed that protest organisers were in fact Socialist activists and
smugglers who had manipulated the people. (Radio B92)
KOSOVOMETOHIJA SERBS BLOCK ROADS TO CENTRAL SERBIA
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, April 17 (Tanjug) KosovoMetohija Serbs
blocked the road through Leposavic on Tuesday, bringing traffic between
the
Serbian province and central Serbia to a complete halt, after a decision
of
the local Political Defense Committee and the authorities of
municipalities
in northern Kosovska Mitrovica.
All roads in Kosovska Mitrovica, Zvecan, Leposavic, and Zubin
Potok have been blocked since 8 am on Tuesday. The blockade also applies
to
all vehicles of international organizations.
KOSOVO SERBS BLOCK IBAR TRUNK ROAD NEAR LEPOSAVIC
LEPOSAVIC, April 17 (Tanjug) Serbs in Leposavic blocked the
Ibar
trunk road in four places early on Tuesday, protesting against the
placing
of Customs checkpoints at the administrative border between
KosovoMetohija
and other parts of Serbia. Serbs said that the "people in the Leposavic
municipality will
not allow a greater Albania to be set up by the placing of Customs
checkpoints at the administrative border between KosovoMetohija and
Serbia."
"Through a perfidiously pursued policy and disregard of UN
Security Council Resolution 1244 and the Kumanovo Agreement, KFOR and
UNMIK
have sided with ethnic Albanian extremists," it was said in a statement
made by the Serbs who blocked the road at 8 a.m. "We will use all
democratic means to oppose this."
The barricades, placed in Socanica, Leposavic, Lesak and
Jerinje
at the administrative border between KosovoMetohija and Serbia, will be
removed once Customs officers withdraw from the KFOR's Belgian
contingent
checkpoint.
The Leposavic municipality crisis board protest has been joined
by
all enterprises, shops and catering facilities, which stopped working at
9
a.m. Schools and universities have disrupted classes and lectures and
the
local health centre and outpatient clinics admit only the patients who
need
urgent treatment.
UNMIK police and KFOR troops are peacefully observing the road
blocks and their commands are constantly in touch with the Leposavic
municipality crisis board.
PROTESTS, ROAD BLOCKS TO GO ON UNTIL REMOVAL OF CUSTOMS CHECKPOINTS
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, April 17 (Tanjug) Serbs in northern
KosovoMetohija will never accept Customs checkpoints at the
administrative
border between KosovoMetohija and other parts of Serbia, several
thousand
protesters taking part in a rally in northern Kosovska Mitrovica said on
Tuesday.
Protesters said that the UNMIK decision in Kosovo symbolised
one
of the attributes of statehood and that this was a first step towards
the
realisation of an independent Kosovo state.
Serbs will decisively oppose this decision, using all available
democratic means, it was said at the rally, held at the central town
square.
Member of the Political Committee for the defence of the
northern
part of KosovoMetohija Dr Milan Ivanovic said that the introduction of
Customs put economic and political pressure on the Serbs, brought their
survival into question and meant that their expulsion from Serbia's
southern province would continue.
Ivanovic said that KosovoMetohija was and would remain an
integral
part of Serbia and Yugoslavia and called upon Serbs to persist in their
struggle aimed at removing Customs checkpoints. He said that roads would
remain blocked until the withdrawal of this decision and that peaceful
rallies would be held every day.
The next protest rally is to be held in Zvecane on Wednesday.
The
Kosovska Mitrovica rally ended with a stroll to the road block at the
end
of the town, in the direction of Zvecane.
During the rally, two KFOR fighter plains and two helicopters
flew
low over the site.
KFOR SPOKESMAN: SERBS BLOCK KFOR VEHICLES ON FIVE ROADS
PRISTINA, April 17 (Tanjug) Kosovo and Metohija international
force KFOR spokesman Roy Brown said in Pristina on Tuesday that United
Nations and KFOR vehicles were stranded on at least five roads in
northern
Kosovo and Metohija blocked by Serbs from this part of the province in
protest against a unilateral decision by the U.N. Kosovo civilian
mission
UNMIK to set up a tax checkpoint on the administrative boundary between
Kosovo and Metohija and Serbia proper.
KFOR is trying to resolve the situation without confrontations,
but it has warned that members of the international force are ready to
remove the blockades if necessary for peacekeeping operations or "the
passage of the essential services," the spokesman said.
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