12/30/2022
Serbia Ends State of Alert for Military as Kosovo Stand Off Eases
Serbia on Thursday (Dec. 29) lifted the combat readiness alert for its troops that it enacted on Monday (Dec. 26) as ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo agreed to remove barriers they erected in protest against authorities in Pristina.
As the Serbs began dismantling roadblocks on Thursday, Kosovo also reopened a border crossing with Serbia that it had closed.
The roadblocks were erected this month after a former ethnic Serb police officer was arrested for allegedly attacking an election commission office.
Kosovo also stepped up its police presence in the north Serb-majority areas, raising tensions even more.
When Serbia placed its military on high alert earlier this week, it said they were ready to deploy troops to Kosovo to protect ethnic Serbs, but tensions appear to have eased, at least for now.
Source:Antiwar.com
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