US envoy Gabriel Escobar urged Kosovo authorities to withdraw police and mayors from northern areas. Kosovo's Serbs have been protesting against the installation of ethnic Albanian mayors in Serb-majority areas, Ednews informs.
Kosovo must grant Serb-majority municipalities greater autonomy, the US envoy to the Western Balkans said on Wednesday.
US envoy Gabriel Escobar urged Kosovo authorities to withdraw police and mayors from Serb-majority areas and hold fresh municipal elections.
Serbs in northern Kosovo have been demonstrating against the installation of ethnic Albanian mayors after municipal elections that were boycotted by most of the local population.
A little over 90% of Kosovo's population is made up of ethnic Albanians, while four northern municipalities are overwhelmingly inhabited by Serbs.
