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Kosovo's Kurti says mayors must work in offices, will not back down

FILE PHOTO: Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters at his office in Pristina, Kosovo August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Fedja Grulovic

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said on Thursday he will not back down from a decision to install ethnic Albanian mayors in Serb majority areas, a move which triggered violence, prompting NATO to send more troops to the region.

"Mayors should go and work in their offices," Kurti told Kosovo Albanian media. "We need to have normality ...What is the meaning of having public buildings for state officials if they are not used?"

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