Chairmen of foreign affairs committees from EU member states, including Bulgaria, have called for the bloc's "punitive measures" against Kosovo to be lifted.
The letter is addressed to the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, and the EU's special envoy for the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, Miroslav Lajcak.
In the position of the 12 chairmen of the committees on foreign affairs of the parliaments of Bulgaria, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark and Italy, a request is made to the EU to resume full cooperation with the government of Kosovo after the "sanctions" imposed in June this year.
It states that the boycott of municipal elections (April 23) in the four northern municipalities by ethnic Serbs, the attack on KFOR soldiers, the illegal detention of police officers by Serbian authorities on the border furrow, and the attack in Banska on September 24 testify to an aggressive scheme aimed at undermining and destabilizing Kosovo, the "Albanian Post" reported.
"The situation could easily have escalated had it not been for the professionalism and bravery of the Kosovo Police, whose officer was tragically killed." The amount and type of weapons seized after the attack raised serious questions about what role the Serbian state may have had in supporting the operation," the letter added.
BGNES reminds that on September 24, a group of heavily armed Serbs attacked the Kosovo police in the village of Banjska, Northern Kosovo, and killed Sergeant Afrim Bunjaku. The head of this group was the former deputy chairman of "Serbian List" (the party of the Kosovo Serbs - note ed.) Milan Radojcic, who is one of the close people of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. Radojcic fled to Serbia, where he was arrested and only a day later released. Belgrade refuses to comply with the request to bring Radojcic to court. /BGNES
