Merdare border crossing

Coordinates: 42 ° 56 ′ 53.3 "  N , 21 ° 15 ′ 23"  E

Merdare border crossing​

Kosovo

The Merdare border crossing ( Albanian  Vendkalimi kufitar Merdari , Serbian Административни прелаз Мердаре Administrativni prelaz Merdare ) is located in the northeast of Kosovo and connects it with Serbia . From Serbia's point of view, it is not an international border crossing, but merely a police checkpoint within Serbia. Since the declaration of independence of Kosovo in February 2008, the border guards had repeatedly scene of violent clashes between Serbs and Kosovo Albanians .

Kosovar sign at the border crossing

geography

The border crossing is on the main road to Niš, northeast of the village of Merdare on the northern edge of the municipality of Podujeva . In Kosovo the road is referred to as M-25 , in Serbia as Bundesstraße 35 .

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  The Merdare border crossing on the Kosovar side (August 2017)

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  Merdare border crossing (July 2018)

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  Merdare border crossing (July 2018)

Customs conflict

On the night of December 4-5, 2012, Catherine Ashton announced that Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaçi had agreed on joint border posts in the third round of talks on the customs conflict. The Merdare border crossing and the border crossings in Končulj , Jarinje and Brnjak should be managed jointly by the Serbian, Kosovar police and EULEX until the end of the year . In Jarinje and Merdare, the joint controls should start on December 10th.

Individual evidence

1. ^ TAZ: border dispute settled . December 5, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
2. ↑ Under pressure from the EU - Serbia and Kosovo open joint border posts Tagesschau 10 December 2012