Kosovo’s Prime Minister said that he would not surrender the country to what he described as a Serbian “fascist militia,” following violent protests in its north over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors in a disputed election.
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’s Kosovo Force said Tuesday that it will deploy additional forces to the region following the clashes, which saw some of its peacekeepers wounded by batons, firearms and Molotov cocktails. Demonstrators again gathered on Wednesday, assembling outside municipal buildings in Zvecan, according to Serbian state media. “We are not facing peaceful protesters, we are facing a mob of extremists,” Kurti told CNN.
exercises. French President Emmanuel Macron also said Wednesday that authorities in Kosovo are responsible for the rising tensions in the northern region. When asked by CNN’s Isa Soares if he would heed calls to withdraw Kosovar police from the northern municipalities, Kurti said: “As long as there is a violent mob outside of the building, I cannot have only few policemen. I need to have police who will keep the order, peace and security.
intervened to stop the genocide of the regime of Milosevic,” he added. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 following the 1998-99 war in which Kosovar Albanians attempted to split from what was then Yugoslavia, made up of today’s Serbia and Montenegro.
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