barricades, but that it had the right to use force. Goran Bogdanović said the Kosovar Serb officials and KFOR needed to reach an agreement and asked for KFOR and the Kosovan Serbs to stop the violence. The Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremić added that KFOR needed to stop its cycle of violence and stressed that UN Resolution 1244 needed to be respected as it sought a peaceful solution. Supranational bodies The EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton issued a statement after the initial clashes that read: "I strongly condemn the violence that has taken place in northern Kosovo. These latest developments are unacceptable." She also added it was the "responsibility" of the Serbian and Kosovar government to restore peace between the two "nations". Her deputy spokesperson, Maja Kocijančič, said that Kosovo's unilateral decision to take over the administrative border posts was "not helpful. It was not done in consultation neither with the European Union nor the international community and we do not approve [of] it." (sic) At the same time, a NATO statement read: "The situation deteriorated at the customs post Jarinje and it was confirmed that an act of arson was committed against that position. There have also been confirmed reports of shots fired at KFOR personnel in the vicinity." Other countries - Ali Ahmeti, the leader of Democratic Union for Integration (the largest Albanian party in Macedonia), said after the initial clashes that if the North of Kosovo was given to Serbia, then he would no longer be Macedonia's self-declared "guardian of peace". He added Albanians would have to organise themselves as they had done in 2001. - Following the 2012 incidents, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said it was "unacceptable" that the KFOR troops were fired upon and this showed a need for Kosovo and Serbia to work together to implement their agreements. - President Barack Obama agreed with Kocijančič, but did not condemn Kosovo. Other sub-national divisions - President Milorad Dodik of the Republika Srpska supported partition of Kosovo between Serbia and Kosovo, and also supported partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina into three mini-states: Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian. See also Kosovo–Serbia relations 2008 unrest in Kosovo 2012 North Kosovo referendum 2021 North Kosovo crisis Crisis situations and unrest in Europe since 2000 Notes References 2011-2013 Conflicts in 2011 Conflicts in 2012 Conflicts in 2013 2011 in Serbia 2012 in Serbia