In Rudare near Zvecan, in northern Kosovo, removal of roadblocks, placed on July 26 on the Mitrovica – Raska road to prevent Kosovo police special unit from crossing to the administrative crossing Jarinje between the Province and the central part of Serbia, has commenced.

State Secretary for Kosovo and Metohija Oliver Ivanovic said that the decision to remove roadblocks was made at a meeting of the Crisis Staff by mayors of the four municipalities in northern Kosovo, and government officials in Belgrade.

The speed of roadblocks removal will depend on behavior of the other side, said Ivanovic.

He said that in the past few days, movements of the ROSU unit members have been noticed in the Albanian, southern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, around the Stari Trg mine, as well as in Albanian villages in the municipality of Zubin Potok. Ivanovic said that the Kosovo authorities want to see how the Serbs will react

. There is no need to panic, but we are carefully monitoring all roads towards the north of Kosovo, Ivanovic said.