This is further proof of the tensions between Belgrade and Pristina, capital of Kosovo - a state located south of Serbia which declared its independence unilaterally in 2008 and which the latter does not recognize.
Monday evening, December 26, Serbia placed its army on heightened alert, the
“highest level of combat readiness
”
.
The day before, the head of the Serbian armies Milan Mojsilovic had been dispatched to the border with Kosovo by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, where barricades were erected by Serbs after the arrest of a former policeman.
On Wednesday, December 21, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić even said that the situation was
"on the verge of armed conflict".
On December 12, France said it was
“very concerned”
about the tensions in this territory where NATO has been present since 1999.
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So what is happening on the border between Kosovo and Serbia?
Le Figaro
takes stock.
Why this renewed tension?
It all (re)started with a license plate affair
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