{"id":20618,"date":"2021-09-21T09:48:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T07:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=20618"},"modified":"2021-09-21T09:48:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T07:48:21","slug":"petkovic-on-license-plate-reciprocity-serbian-nation-wont-keep-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/petkovic-on-license-plate-reciprocity-serbian-nation-wont-keep-silent\/","title":{"rendered":"Petkovic on \u2018license plate reciprocity\u2019: Serbian nation won\u2019t keep silent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Petar Petkovic, director of the so-called Serbian Office for Kosovo has reacted to yesterday\u2019s decision made by the Government of Kosovo to change the rules on cars entering the country carrying Serbian registration plates.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018license plate reciprocity\u2019 has raised bilateral tensions and has many fuming over the issue calling it a \u2018threat and unfair treatment towards Serbian minorities in Kosovo\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, Petkovic declared that the Serbian nation won\u2019t keep silent in the face of this decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is damaging the livelihood in northern Kosovo because these are cars, that amongst others, transport our patients, children and basic food provisions,\u201d \u2013 declared the head of the so-called Serbian Office for Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Kurti stated that reciprocity was \u2018imposed\u2019 upon Kosovo by Serbia, seeing that they refuse to recognize Kosovo\u2019s independence and as a result, they don\u2019t recognize its license plates either.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with the current situation, the EU has asked for self-restraint and a reduction of tensions, while sending their Special Envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, to the region in order to mediate the conflict and try to find a possible solution.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the government of Kosovo announced that all vehicles carrying Serbian registration plates should get a hold of a temporary set of plates, upon entry to Kosovo \u2013 plates will be available at all border crossing points at a cost of 5 euros, valid for 60 days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/09\/20\/kosovo-government-bans-entry-of-all-cars-carrying-serbian-license-plates\/\">Kosovo government bans entry of all cars carrying Serbian license plates<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/09\/15\/eus-special-envoy-lajcak-to-arrive-in-kosovo-for-a-three-day-visit\/\">EU\u2019s Special Envoy Lajcak to arrive in Kosovo for a three-day visit<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/09\/14\/kosovos-kurti-lists-four-crucial-elements-to-secure-peace-and-stability-in-the-region\/\">Kosovo\u2019s Kurti lists four crucial elements to secure peace and stability in the region<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petar Petkovic, director of the so-called Serbian Office for Kosovo has reacted to yesterday\u2019s decision made by the Government of Kosovo to change the rules on cars entering the country carrying Serbian registration plates. The \u2018license plate reciprocity\u2019 has raised bilateral tensions and has many fuming over the issue calling it a \u2018threat and unfair [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":20619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Petkovic on \u2018license plate reciprocity\u2019: Serbian nation won\u2019t keep silent - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/petkovic-on-license-plate-reciprocity-serbian-nation-wont-keep-silent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Petkovic on \u2018license plate reciprocity\u2019: Serbian nation won\u2019t keep silent - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Petar Petkovic, director of the so-called Serbian Office for Kosovo has reacted to yesterday\u2019s decision made by the Government of Kosovo to change the rules on cars entering the country carrying Serbian registration plates. 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