Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti mentioned possible new elections in northern majority-Serb municipalities following a phone conversation with the US President’s Deputy National Security Advisor Jonathan Finer.

Kurti said in a Twitter post that a de-escalation in the north of Kosovo requires an end to violence by “Belgrade-sponsored mobs … until new elections in those municipalities”.

Kurti wrote that he expressed his commitment to de-escalate tensions in the call from Finer.

Pleased to speak w/ @POTUS Principal Deputy NSA Jon Finer. Thanked him for his call & committed to work w/ 🇺🇲 to de-escalate tensions. This requires an immediate end to violence by Belgrade-sponsored mobs against security officers until new elections in those municipalities.

— Albin Kurti (@albinkurti) June 1, 2023