The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany is requesting that the barricades in the north of Kosovo and Metohija be taken down as soon as possible and that Serbs return to institutions, reported the Austrian daily Der Standard.

“After several weeks of spiraling escalation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany is demanding that the illegal barricades elected by the Kosovo Serbs, and which also pose a security risk, be taken down as soon as possible. We are exceedingly concerned about the tensions in the north of Kosovo,” a spokesperson for the Ministry said to Der Standard.