ZUPCE, Kosovo, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Serbs living in northern Kosovo blocked roads Monday along the border with Serbia to protest the government's plans to patrol the border, officials said
NATO troops were scheduled to remove the roadblocks Tuesday, Beta news agency, Belgrade, reported.
Serbs, who are a majority in northern Kosovo, reject the authority of the Kosovo Albanian government and have barricaded roads to protest the government's plans to install customs and police on the border between Serbia and Kosovo.
Zubin Potok Mayor Slavisa Ristic asked protesters to remain calm if the NATO-led Kosovo Force breaks through the barricades, Beta reported
"We ask nothing from them, except to be left alone, to stay and live in the state of Serbia. If there is no Serbia here, there will be none in Belgrade either," Ristic said.
