Last night and the morning in Mitrovica North went calm so far. President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic urged to ease tensions, while the talks between Vucic and Serb representatives from Kosovo and Metohija are expected to take place today, B92 reports.
Kosovo media on Monday published footage showing the Kosovo police take Marko Djuric to a police station in Pristina.
Tensions have risen between the two neighbours, who fought a bloody war in the late 1990s.
Kosovo Police arrested the head of Serbia's 'Office for Kosovo and Metohija' in North Mitrovica.
Kosovo Police confirmed to BIRN on Monday that Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian government’s Kosovo office, had been arrested on Monday for illegal entry and transferred to Pristina by the Specialized Operational Unit of Kosovo Police. See at: http://prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-arrests-marko-djuric-illegal-entry/Marko Đurić was seized by special police officers who fired stun grenades to disperse crowd.
After the cancellation of a handball tournament that was for months pre-arranged, subsequently it was assessed that it could be interpreted as recognition of Kosovo's independence, followed also by a strain on the organization of the internal dialogue in Mitrovica North, reports today broadcaster N1.
The deputy commander of Kosovo police in the north has denied that a special unit, "Rosu," had been deployed to this area, KoSSev website is reporting Monday.
According to Besim Hoti, an intervention police unit from the same region was sent to carry out "the operative plan" to ban the planned arrival of several Serbian officials to the territory of the self-proclaimed state.
Head of the Serbian negotiation team, Marko Djuric told Danas daily Serbian delegation resolutely requests from Pristina and European Union to establish the Association of Serb Municipalities, but that “some weird people” from Pristina delegation arrived to Brussels unready to talk about that.