Tension in the north of Kosovo eased after the US Ambassador to Kosovo, Jeff Hovenier, requested that the application of temporary license plates and pass documents for vehicles with Serbian license plates seeking to enter the country be delayed for one month. Nine barricades set up by Serbs to protest the decision were removed. The Serbs living in the northern Kosovo had closed the roads leading to the Yarinye and Brnyak border gates on the Serbian border with trucks and heavy machinery.
The Kosovo Border Police were reported to have resumed duty at the border crossing points, but the border gates have not yet been opened to passenger and vehicle traffic.
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