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4 January 2023
Unresolved issues between Kosovo and Serbia are gaining momentum and threatening the stability of the region.
With the Serbian army increasing its combat alertness to the highest level, Kosovo Serbs barricading the main roads in the north and Kosovo’s special police forces threatening to break into Serbian-populated enclaves, the region was walking on a tightrope once again.
On 11 December, Kosovo’s PM Albin Kurti tweeted, “the President and PM of Serbia have also threatened military aggression, calling for the Serbian army to return to our territory. We do not seek conflict, but dialogue and peace. But let me be clear: the Republic of Kosova will defend itself — forcefully and decisively.”
His Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić responded with the translated tweet, “No matter how hard it is – there is no surrender. I call on the Serbs in the north of Kosovo and Metohija to be calm and not fall for provocations.”