The Kosovo government, through a press release, called on protesters to show calm, maturity and restraint. The press release adds that the new barricade over the Iber/Ibar River will be removed soon, in accordance with the laws of Kosovo and the Brussels agreement for the normalization of relations between Pristina and Belgrade. Meanwhile, Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga called on Kosovo citizens to help law enforcement authorities to do their work. Jahjaga emphasized that any effort to find a solution through violence would escalate the situation and prevent the establishment of normality in Mitrovica. In her latest meetings with representatives of international and local security mechanisms, she said the reinstatement of the barricade was unacceptable and she called on the European Union to find a solution through concrete engagement.