The European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council said on Monday that most member states agree with High Representative Josep Borrell on the need to send in reinforcements and equipment for the EULEX mission if they are needed.

The Council said that Borrell’s proposal was accepted because of the tensions between Serbia and Kosovo and added that barricades and armed men on the streets are unacceptable. The High Representative called both sides to return to the negotiating table and refrain from actions that could cause tension.

0He said that intensive efforts are being invested to calm the situation in Kosovo and added that an updated, definitive version of the EU proposal has been sent to Belgrade and Pristina. According to Borrell, that proposal has to be considered urgently.

Borrell told the EU Foreign Ministers that his special envoy Miroslav Lajcak would travel to the Western Balkans and would inform the EU Council about the situation in Kosovo later this week.