First car without sticker, with "RKS" markings, passes through administrative crossing Jarinje on Jan. 1

Photo: Kosovo Online

The first car without stickers, with "RKS" markings passed through Jarinje on January 1, said Tanjug.

Recommended

The car crossed Jarinje a little after 8 o'clock, reported Kosovo Online.

The implementation of the decision on the free movement of all vehicles from the territory of Kosovo and Metohija started on the first day of the year.

The night before, disclaimers were displayed at all administrative crossings (between Kosovo and Metohija and central Serbia) about the cancellation of the requirement to have sticker on the vehicles to enter the area of central Serbia. It is stressed that freedom of movement is enabled for all vehicles from the territory of Kosovo and Metohija, TV Most reported.

"Allowing all vehicles registered by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Pristina to participate in traffic on the roads is done solely for practical reasons in order to facilitate the position of individuals and enable their freedom of movement and cannot be interpreted as recognition of the unilaterally declared independence of 'Kosovo', it does not prejudice the final status of 'Kosovo' and cannot be interpreted as Belgrade's consent to deviate from the rights guaranteed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244(1999)," the disclaimer reads.

The director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petra Petkovic, previously explained that this decision was made in order to "enable freedom of movement for all vehicles,"  that it will "make life easier for Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija as it is they who mostly use the administrative crossings," and that this does not mean recognition of the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo.

(Telegraf.rs)