All barricades in northern Kosovo removed

All barricades erected by the Serbs in northern Kosovo and Metohija have been removed, the Tanjug news agency reported on Friday.

According to the news agency, barricades near Zvecan, Ibarska Slatina, and Leposavic in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica and in Zubin Potok have been dismantled. In spite of this, the police of the unrecognized republic of Kosovo have not resumed traffic via the Jarinje and Brnjak checkpoints.

Earlier, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said after a meeting with Kosovo’s representatives in the city of Raska on the night of December 29 that the removal of barricades would begin on December 29 and would take from 24 to 48 hours to take down. As of now, the efforts to remove the barricades are over.