Monday, August 1, 2011

Serbia-Kosovo Mediated Talks to Resume


An icon and Serbian flag cover a barricade on the road near the village of Zupce, northern Kosovo, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011
Photo: AP
An icon and Serbian flag cover a barricade on the road near the village of Zupce, northern Kosovo, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011
Serbian officials have met with a European Union mediator to discuss the latest bout of ethnic tensions in northern Kosovo.

The head of Belgrade's negotiating team, Borislav Stefanovic, and Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic met Monday with EU envoy Robert Cooper in the southern Serbian town of Raska.

Stefanovic told reporters after the closed-door meeting that there would be more discussions, but he did not say when. Serbian news media report that Cooper returned to Pristina to convey Serbia's demands.

Serbia's government announced Monday it is sending trucks with food aid for Serbs in northern Kosovo, including 30 tons of flour, 20 tons of sugar and cooking oil each and five tons of powdered milk.

The region has experienced food shortages after special forces of Kosovo's ethnic-Albanian authorities a week ago seized two border crossings in Serb-dominated northern regions to enforce a ban on imports from Serbia. ......................................

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/europe/NATO-Forces-Clear-Kosovo-Barricades--126532853.html

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