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The Kosovo police patrols the road, on August 1, 2022 (photo: Reuters/FATOS Byty...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that it welcomes Kosovo's decision that disrupts the plans of

The Kosovo police patrols the road, on August 1, 2022 (photo: Reuters/FATOS Bytyci) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on Monday, August 1, said that it welcomes the decision of the partially recognized Kosovo delay the beginning of re -registration of Serbian car numbers and documents. The statement was published on the website of the department.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that the decisions of the Paste are compromise, and called on the parties to "constructive dialogue for the safety of all citizens, the preservation of peace and guaranteeing the stable development of the Western Balkans. " "It is important not to give the Russian Federation space to implement its policy of escalation in the region," the ministry added.

Kosovo is a partially recognized Balkan state, whose independence was recognized as more than 100 UN member states (Ukraine does not belong to them). Serbia does not recognize Kosov's exit from his warehouse, considering it as an autonomous Kosovo and Methychia. Ethnic Serbs in the north of Kosovo also do not recognize the power of Phetty and use Serbian documents and license plates.

The Agreement between Serbia and Kosovo, concluded in 2011, provided for a temporary (for a period of 5 years) use by the residents of the North Kosovo neutral documents and license plates. From August 1, 2022, "neutral" or Serbian documents in Kosovo had to lose, and all Serbia citizens - to receive an additional document on the border that allows entry (the same event is operating in Serbia for people with Kosovo documents).

On July 31, the day before the new rules came into force, the Serbs in Kosovo blocked a number of key roads and border crossings. Later, Kosovo police reported shots from Serbian protesters, as well as their collisions with the Kosov Albanians. Serbia President Alexander Vuchich made several night appeals, saying that "we have never been in a more difficult situation than today.