Kosovo's 100% Tariffs On Serbian Imports May Jeopardize Situation In Balkans - Moscow

Kosovo's introduction of 100 percent tariffs on goods imported from Serbia and from Bosnia and Herzegovina may lead to a significant deterioration of situation in the Balkans, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd November, 2018) Kosovo's introduction of 100 percent tariffs on goods imported from Serbia and from Bosnia and Herzegovina may lead to a significant deterioration of situation in the Balkans, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

On Wednesday, the government of the self-proclaimed republic of Kosovo ruled to introduce the tariffs at a meeting, while it also banned the deliverers of any products not labeled with Kosovar symbolics.

"This Pristina's provocation is another explicit proof of invalidity of 'Kosovar state' ... The European Union as a mediator in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is obliged to put pressure on the Kosovar authorities and achieve immediate cancellation of this illicit decision that may lead to a significant deterioration of situation in the Balkans," the ministry said in a statement.