Perpetrators of violence in Kosovo have to be made accountable, says EU foreign policy chief

LONDON (AA): The violence in northern Kosovo has to be condemned and the perpetrators of it have to be made accountable, the EU foreign policy chief has said.

Josep Borrell’s remarks came before the 2nd European Political Community Summit, which brought together the leaders of European countries on the continent and the heads of EU institutions in Bulboaca, Moldova.

“We have to insist that the violence is not the way,” he said.

“Everybody has to try to avoid any kind of escalation and uncoordinated moves,” added Borrell.

Tensions have gripped the Muslim republic of Kosovo which has predominantly ethnic Albanian Muslim population and a minority of ethnic Serbs living close to the Serbian border. After the election of ethnic Albanian Muslim mayors, Serb protesters and security forces clashed in the northern Serb-dominated municipalities.

During the clashes, at least 30 NATO soldiers were injured.

About Russia’s Thursday attack on Kyiv in which two children were among the fatalities, he said this is another sign that “Russia continues attacking civilian population in Ukraine.”

“I hope that the presence of so many leaders here, very close to Ukraine at some kilometers of the border, will send a strong message about the unity of many, many states … on defending international order, on defending the rights of the people, defending sovereignty of the countries.”