About 100 Serbian citizens of the north, most of them businessmen, protested today in the north of Mitrovica, against the ban on the import of goods from Serbia to Kosovo and their confiscation.

They have also started a petition, through which they ask the relevant bodies to allow these goods in Kosovo again and without hindrance.

Dushan Gashiq, who spoke on behalf of the protesters, told reporters that they want such actions of seizing Serbian goods to be stopped and the situation to be the same as before June, when the Government of Kosovo decided to block goods of Serbian origin in Kosovo.

The protest lasted about an hour and no incident was recorded, while as a sign of solidarity with the protest, all shops in the north of Mitrovica were closed from 12:00 to 14:00.

On June 14, the Government of Kosovo banned the entry of trucks with Serbian license plates and the import of goods originating from Serbia for "security" reasons. This decision was a response to the arrest of three Kosovo police officers by Serbian forces, who then were released. Meanwhile, the entry of trucks with Serbian license plates is allowed, but not the circulation of Serbian goods.

According to the data of the Kosovo Agency of Statistics in June 2022, Kosovo imported goods from Serbia worth nearly 34 million euros.

The data of June of this year, compared to the same period last year, show a decrease in the import of Serbian products, namely the value of goods imported from Serbia is about 13 million euros. /A.Damati/