PRESS RELEASE : UK statement on latest developments in the north of Kosovo [June 2023]

We call for the immediate release of the three Kosovo policemen detained on 14 June.

We urge Kosovo and Serbia to exercise maximum restraint, avoid unilateral measures and take immediate action to reduce tensions.

We reiterate our calls for Prime Minister Kurti and his government to ensure that elected mayors carry out their transitional duties from alternate locations outside municipal buildings and that special police units are withdrawn from municipal buildings.

New, inclusive elections should be announced as soon as possible. We expect and encourage Kosovo Serbs to participate in these elections.

We expect Kosovo and Serbia to engage immediately in the EU-facilitated Dialogue and in particular to start work without further delay to establish an Association of Serb Majority Municipalities.