The American ambassador in Pristina, Jeffrey Hovenier, said that the United States has two requests for the Government of Kosovo: not to insist that the mayors work from municipal buildings, and to withdraw police officers from the three municipal buildings in the north.

“We do not understand why alternative locations, or other public buildings, cannot be used to perform their functions”, said Hovenier, citing the example that mayors of municipalities in the north have sworn in alternative locations.
“We believe that the presence of the Kosovo Police in the buildings, which has entered by force, is very challenging, therefore we have asked the Government to withdraw the police from these three municipal buildings,” he added.

According to Hovenieri, taking these two actions will help reduce tensions