Head of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Joachim Rucker met Wednesday Serb student leaders in northern flash point town of Mitrovica, in a bid to convince them to stop protests against Kosovo independence.
Serb students have organized daily protests in northern Mitrovica since the Kosovo unilateral declaration of independence on Feb. 17.
Serb student's leaders refused to end protests, expressing demands to Rucker. "We asked from Head of UNMIK to null and avoid the unilateral declaration of independence," said student's leader Sergej Zaporosic.
Rucker stressed that the future of Kosovo is in EU membership, and this way should be gained in unity, not in divisions. He said that the international community is united against the Kosovo partition.
The UNMIK chief made an appeal to Serbs to integrate in Kosovo legal system and avoid the parallel system operation. He also called Serb police officers boycotting the work to return in Kosovo Police Service, in a joint attempt with internationals to built multiethnic and democratic institutions.
Despite Rucker's appeal, hundred of Serb students protested Wednesday in the center of northern Mitrovica against the Kosovo independence. Serb medical staff joins the peaceful protest.
Serbian government ministers continue to visit Kosovo, and mostly the northern part. Labor and Social Policy Minister Rasim Ljajic visited a construction site building, dedicated for 32 Serb families living in poverty. The project is founded by the Serbian government.
Ljajic described his visit as Serb government's commitment to implement the "action plan for Kosovo." Belgrade drafted an action plan before Feb. 17 to cope with Kosovo independence. They never made it public, but Serb police and civil workers boycott in Kosovo, are thought to be part of that plan.
Source:Xinhua
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