Kosovo and Serbia reached a deal on Wednesday to end a nearly two-year dispute over car licence plates in northern Kosovo, which the West had warned could trigger ethnic violence, the European Union's foreign policy chief said.
"We have a deal," Josep Borrell posted on Twitter after the agreement was reached in Brussels under EU mediation.
A previous attempt on Monday failed when Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic could not reach a deal and Kosovo was forced to delay the start of fining the drivers for 48 hours after a U.S. request. Kosovo has attempted this year to require its Serb minority to change their old car plates that date before 1999 when Kosovo was still part of Serbia. Serbs in the northern part of the country have resisted, sometimes violently.
"The two parties took a giant step forward today, with EU facilitation, towards assuring peace and stability throughout the region," State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement.
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