The Mayor of North Mitrovica Goran Rakić says that it is the right of local government to build on the territory on which they govern, and adds that the announcement of the central authorities in Pristina on demolishment of the supporting wall goes beyond their limits.

- One of the points of the agreement, clearly states that the works will be carried by the municipality of North Mitrovica. The Kosovo Assembly has ratified the Brussels agreement, so that the resolution and statement on the demolition of the supporting wall have no legal basis. This is something that is beyond the scope of the institutions in Pristina, said Rakić in response to a statement by the President of the Kosovo Assembly that the wall would be demolished next month.

Rakić cautioned that forward-looking statements about the demolition of the supporting wall are causing disturbance among the Serbs in northern Mitrovica, and sent a message to the authorities in Pristina  "in no way, do not try to do it by violence."