There are still 13 hours left when the implementation of the license plate agreement, reached the day before between Kosovo and Serbia, should start. Professional groups have been tasked with detailing on Friday the parts of the license plates that will be covered with stickers, as well as other aspects, including sanctions for those who remove the stickers. The Government has not shown the results of today's discussions, while NATO has guaranteed efficient implementation of the agreement, in accordance with the role described in this document.
The implementation of the agreement on license plates, reached the day before between Kosovo and Serbia, is expected to start from Saturday morning. However, the Government did not indicate whether they have finalized with Brussels the technical aspects related to the actions to be taken on the ground.
Professional groups were expected to begin work on Friday to detail the parts of license plates that will be covered and other aspects related to the implementation of the agreement, including sanctions for those who remove stickers placed on license plates.
"Tomorrow the group from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will have virtual meetings with Mr. Lajçak's office to detail the operationalization of this measure, to show how the stickers will look, what exactly is covered, should there be costs for the implementation, what sanctions should there be in case people are encountered who have removed the stickers placed on the border from their cars, then the details of the operationalization will be discussed", warned the Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi, in an interview for KOĖN, a day ago.
During the day, neither the Prime Minister's Office nor the Cabinet of the Minister of Internal Affairs provided information on the potential agreement regarding the details that Bislimi had talked about.
And KFOR, which has been assigned a role in the implementation of the license plate agreement, has offered guarantees for the efficient implementation of this document.
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The special emissary of the European Union for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajçak, conveyed the details of the agreement to the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, during the day.
NATO, through a press release, has provided information on the guarantees given for the implementation of the agreement.
"Our KFOR mission plays a key role in ensuring the efficient implementation of this agreement and NATO remains strongly committed to stability in the Western Balkans region," Secretary Stoltenberg was quoted as saying.
According to the announcement, Stoltenberg is in constant contact with the leaders of the two countries regarding the need for extension, content and return to dialogue.
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"NATO strongly supports the EU-facilitated dialogue and any other efforts aimed at the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, as the only path that leads to a lasting political agreement and stability for the region," the announcement states. . "Stoltenberg has praised NATO-EU cooperation for Kosovo as an excellent example of strategic partnership between the two organizations".
The situation in the north escalated 12 days ago, since the northern Serbs have blocked the roads to the Jarinje and Bërnjak border points, in protest against the Government's decision on reciprocity in license plates, for the implementation of which the special units of the the police.
And, the agreement of the day before requires that the forces of the special unit of the Kosovo Police stationed in Jarinje and Bërnjak leave simultaneously with the roadblocks set up by the Serbs, while KFOR will be stationed there.