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Kosovo says Serbia's behaviour same as Russia's before Ukraine invasion
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BERLIN, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Serbia’s troop deployment on Kosovo’s border recalls Russia’s behaviour towards Ukraine before its invasion, the Kosovar foreign minister said, urging the European Union to take action against Belgrade such as freezing its candidacy status.
“There has never been this kind of concentration of troops in recent years,” Kosovar Foreign Minister Donika Gervalla-Schwarz told German broadcaster Deutschlandfunk in an interview on Monday.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said last week he did not intend to order his forces to cross the border into Kosovo because an escalation of the conflict would harm Belgrade’s aspirations to join the EU.
Tensions have run high between the two countries since a battle between police and armed ethnic Serbs holed up in a monastery turned a quiet village in northern Kosovo into a virtual war zone 10 days ago.
Serbia accuses Kosovo of precipitating violence by failing to implement a decade-old, EU-brokered deal providing for local autonomy for Serbs in an area of the country’s north where they form a majority.
“Vucic will not leave it at this if clear words are not spoken and he does not see consequences for his actions,” Gervalla-Schwarz warned, noting that could include suspending EU funds for Serbia and the country’s membership candidacy status.
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