Declaration of the Presidency on behalf of the EU on the violent protests in Northern Mitrovica in Kosovo
REV1, 04/05/2009: The European Union is deeply concerned by the recent outbreak of violent protests resulting in a number of injured persons in Northern Mitrovica.
The EU fully supports the actions of EULEX and KFOR in establishing the rule of law in Kosovo and in defending a safe and secure environment.
The EU will press for anyone who endangers the lives of EULEX and KFOR personnel, as well as any other law-abiding citizens, to be brought swiftly to justice. The EU defends and supports people's right of return to houses and property that they legitimately own, regardless of their ethnic origins.
The Candidate Countries Turkey, Croatia* and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*, the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania and Montenegro, and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia align themselves with this declaration.
* Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.
Contact:
- Zuzana Opletalová, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- tel.: +420 224 182 426, GSM: +420 724 034 154; e-mail: zuzana_opletalova@mzv.cz
Last update: 4.5.2009 13:10
