No entry sign. File photoBELGRADE, Jul 31The authorities of the self-proclaimed Kosovo are ready to apply an entry ban on Serbian personal documents from August 1 and start re-registering cars with numbers previously issued by the Serbian leadership, the office of «Prime Minister» Albin Kurti said. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, in an address to citizens on Sunday, said that according to his information , the police of the self-proclaimed Kosovo at midnight on August 1 will begin an operation in the north of the province and block the entry of citizens with personal documents issued by the Serbian authorities, as well as an action to re-register cars to the numbers of the «Republic of Kosovo». Vučić urged the Kosovo Albanian authorities to maintain peace and warned that «Serbia will win» in case of aggressive actions against the Serbs in Kosovo.Vučić advised the Kosovo Albanian authorities not to start persecuting Serbs The Kosovo «premier» held a meeting of the «National Security Council» in Pristina in the afternoon. «Tomorrow, August 1, 2022, the application of the government's decision of June 29 on the start of replacing registration plates with official ones (self-proclaimed — ed. ) of the Republic of Kosovo and measures at checkpoints with temporary declaration sheets that will replace personal documents from Serbia, as well as the deadline for concealing Serbian state symbols and signs for cars that enter our territory. This deadline is extended until October 31, 2022, «- Radio and Television of Kosovo quotes the cabinet of the «head of government». Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic said the day before that the authorities of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo plan from August 1 to take new steps to cancel the documents and license plates issued by the leadership of Serbia, arrange «hell» for Kosovo Serbs. The government of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo announced the day before that documents issued by the Serbian authorities cease to be valid in the territory under its control from Monday, their owners will be issued a temporary entry certificate. At the same time, the mandatory re-registration of cars with Serbian numbers to RKS «Republic of Kosovo» numbers will begin. For their part, the Serbian authorities do not recognize RKS numbers on their territory. According to a bilateral agreement reached in the fall of 2021, at the entrance from the Kosovo checkpoints, the indicated symbols are sealed with stickers with the Serbian coat of arms and the letters «KM». September «for the sake of the rule of law.» According to Kurti, in order to facilitate the procedure, the cars will not be subjected to an additional customs procedure. He called this a big concession, given that the average customs fee for a car is about 5,000 euros, and during registration, technical inspection will not be required, and municipalities can refuse a 10 euro tax. On September 20, 2021, the authorities of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo banned entry with Serbian license plates and deployed a special unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs ROSU on armored vehicles and snipers to the north of the region inhabited by Serbs. In response, local Serbs blocked the road with construction equipment towards the two checkpoints «Yarine» and «Brnjak» and held the blockade, despite the attempts of the Kosovo police to disperse them using tear gas and special equipment. From the side of central Serbia, military personnel in armored vehicles were on duty on the highway, Mi-35 helicopters and MiG-29 fighters flew around the area. After that, in negotiations with the mediation of Western countries, a temporary solution was reached with the sealing of the symbols on the numbers when entering and leaving Kosovo and Metohija in central Serbia. >Vučić is waiting for deliveries of Ka-32 helicopters from Russia
