Go to the media bank Checkpoint of the Kosovo Police . File photoBELGRADE, Oct 28The government of the self-proclaimed republic of Kosovo refused to postpone the mandatory re-registration of cars with license plates issued by the authorities of Serbia, which caused tension in the region. After the conversation, there were no statements to the media, according to local press sources, the ambassadors of the Western countries called on the Kosovo «authorities» to postpone the controversial measures for 10 months. From January 21, trial registration tables will be in effect for another two months, and then on April 21, 2023, no other numbers will be allowed in Kosovo except for RKS (“Republic of Kosovo” — ed.),” Kurti quoted the Kosovo online portal as saying after the cabinet meeting on Friday. In mid-September, Vučić noted at a special parliamentary meeting that the danger of a military conflict in Kosovo due to Pristina's unilateral steps was close and serious. Then he spoke about the increase in the presence of units of the Kosovo Albanian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the transfer of employees and equipment to the north of the region inhabited by Serbs. In Pristina, local Serbs are required to re-register cars with license plates issued by the Serbian authorities with the letters «KM» by November 1 to numbers with Kosovo symbols RKS . According to the Serbian authorities, so far only two people have agreed to re-register the license plates issued by the Serbian authorities to Kosovo ones. On September 20, the self-proclaimed Kosovo authorities 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 Serb-populated north of the region. In response, local Serbs blocked the road with construction equipment towards the two checkpoints «Yarine» and «Brnak» 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 on armored vehicles were on duty on the highway, Mi-35 helicopters and MiG-29 fighters flew around the area. After that, in the negotiations, mediated by Western countries, a temporary solution was reached with the sealing of symbols on the license plates when entering and leaving Kosovo and Metohija in central Serbia. >New Serbian government pledges to keep Kosovo as part of the country
