Political representatives of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs meet with Escobar

PRISTINA - US special Western Balkans envoy Gabriel Escobar met in Pristina with leaders of Serb political parties in Kosovo-Metohija, who voiced concern over decisions by the Pristina authorities and called for an urgent reaction by the international community.

Srpska lista representatives, led by party leader Zlatan Elek, met with Escobar and US Ambassador to Pristina Jeffrey Hovenier, and pointed to a need for an urgent and determined reaction to prevent an exodus of Serbs, whose fundamental human rights are being jeopardised by Pristina institutions, Srpska lista said in a statement.

"A decision to ban the dinar and the termination of payment transactions 25 years after the conflict, militarisation of Serb-majority municipalities, a ban on trade with central Serbia, getting illegitimate mayors into municipal buildings in the north as well as institutional...