EU Calls For Calm As UN Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting On Kosovo Violence

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Last updated (GMT/UTC): 29.07.2011 02:56

By RFE/RL
The European Union has urged Serbia and Kosovo to defuse tensions after a series of incidents on their common border, and to quickly resume negotiations on the normalization of ties.
A statement by EU foreign-policy chief Catherine Ashton said both sides should realize "what is at stake for them."
The statement comes after the United Nations Security Council held an emergency session to discuss rising ethnic tensions in Kosovo, following an attack late on July 27 on a border post by an ethnic Serbian mob that left one person dead...more...
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