Four Serbian citizens transporting election material related to the Serbian referendum were stopped by border police at the Merdara checkpoint.
The detained are the coordination of the Republican Election Commission in Serbia, Marko Jankovic, his driver, and two other truck drivers.
The Office for Kosovo in the Serbian government confirmed the incident and called on the European Union to intervene in order to release the detained.
The election material and the detained are being held at a police station in Podujeva.
The parliament of Kosovo is set to convene in an extraordinary session to discuss the Serbian referendum. Parliamentarians are expected to adopt a joint resolution.
President Vjosa Osmani, PM Albin Kurti, and parliament speaker Glauk Konjufca issued a joint statement after meeting with the ambassadors of Quint countries. They reiterated their stance against holding the Serbian referendum in Kosovo.
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