Head of the Belgrade team in the dialogue with Pristina Borko Stefanovic said Wednesday in Zvecan that the agreement reached with KFOR had still not been fulfilled, and pointed out that KFOR was helping the Kosovo police to take over the administrative crossings.

The situation is very difficult. We should let (UNMIK commander Erhard) Buehler try to settle the matter, Stefanovic told journalists in Zvecan.

Stefanovic, together with Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanovic, met with Buehler to discuss the current situation in northern Kosovo and the Tuesday agreement on the withdrawing of Kosovo special police units from Jarinje and Brnjak crossings.

The talks have been briefly interrupted because of Buehler's phone conversation, and should be resumed shortly.

Stefanovic called on the people, who reacted very strongly to what they had heard, to remain on the streets, to be prepared, but not to resume setting up roadblocks.

"It is good that you are here and that you can return the barricades at any moment. But do not do that yet. Give him a chance (Buehler) to do what we asked him. We demand exactly the same things as you," Stefanovic said.

He also urged KFOR not to allow to act as an instrument of Pristina.

Stefanovic said the crisis was still heading in the direction Pristina was hoping for, but that "it is for us to react prudently to that."

“They have been provoking us non stop. We will try to fight in the best way we can," Stefanovic said.

Kosovo Interior Minister Bajram Redzepi said Wednesday for the Kosovo TV that special units had withdrawn from the administrative crossings of Jarinje and Brnjak, all in keeping with the agreement reached with KFOR.

In an interview for KTV, Redzepi added that units of policemen and customs officers, comprising both Serbs and Albanians, will be deployed at the administrative crossings in northern Kosovo.

KFOR strengthening patrols to prevent violence in Kosovo

NATO spokesperson Carmen Romero said KFOR had strengthened its patrols to prevent violence in Kosovo and that NATO had increased precaution measures, adding it is important that the situation be resolved by peaceful means.

NATO spokesperson Hans Vichter said previously that Kosovo special police forces would withdraw from the administrative crossings, in line with the Belgrade-Pristina agreement and with NATO mediation.

Drivers stopped waiting at Merdare, Kosmet, after seven days

Some 30 trucks that had been waiting at the Merdare administrative crossings between Kosovo and central Serbia after Kosovo authorities decided to ban import of goods from central Serbia began returning this morning and so did those that had been waiting near the Niš-Priština artery.

The seven trucks that arrived before Pristina made the decision are still in the interim zone, between two checkpoints at the administrative lines.

Most of the drivers have confirmed that the firms they are employed with have suffered immense losses.