Serbia PM sends message of peace in landmark visit to northern Kosovo

Serbia's prime minister made a landmark go to to Kosovo and despatched a message of "peace, stability and tolerance".

Ana Brnabic is the highest-ranking Serbian official to go to Kosovo in years.

It comes amid a latest flare-up of tensions between Serbia and Kosovo who went to struggle in 1998-99.

Latest issues erupted final month over Serbia's and Kosovo's refusal to recognise one another's id paperwork and automobile licence plates.

Brnabic, visiting Serb-dominated northern Kosovo, stated: "I wish to ship a transparent and easy message from right here in Kosovo and Metohija, a message of peace, stability and tolerance. It's particularly necessary to me that I'm visiting Kosovo and Metohija at such an especially tough and sophisticated second, I'm happy that even after the final provocations on July 31, we managed to protect the peace."

On the identical time, two Kosovan ministers visited southern Serbia to enhance relations. Nearly all of folks residing there are Albanian and the president of the Nationwide Council of Albanians, Ragmi Mustafa, stated these visits are a optimistic transfer.

"We talked in regards to the economic system, politics and present affairs wherein we discover ourselves, and particularly the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia," stated Mustafa. "Which means that that is one thing good as a result of when we do not have guests, we've got tensions, which is unhealthy. Subsequently, these journeys, I feel, give a superb signal that we're shifting in direction of progress."

Kosovo is a former province of Serbia. 

In 1998, separatist ethnic Kosovo Albanians rebelled towards Serbia's rule, prompting a brutal crackdown.

In 1999, NATO bombed Serbia to finish the combating and power Belgrade to tug out of Kosovo.

However Serbia nonetheless doesn't recognise Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence and tensions not too long ago soared, prompting Western diplomatic efforts to defuse them.

The EU has advised each Kosovo and Serbia that they have to normalise ties in the event that they wish to advance towards membership of the 27-nation bloc.

Brussels and Washington not too long ago stepped up efforts to mediate within the disaster fearing that uncertainties over the struggle in Ukraine and Serbia's shut ties with Russia may irritate the scenario.

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