The US ambassador to Serbia, Christopher Hill, said that the Brussels dialogue is the only way forward and called on Belgrade and Pristina to immediately refrain from actions that incite tension or incite conflict.

He stated this last night in a written statement delivered to Tanjug and added that the leaders of both sides should urgently focus their efforts on this.

Hill added that he is in contact with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, in order to discuss with him the events in the north of Kosovo and their potential impact on the future of Serbia.

"Violence is never acceptable and only leads to more violence." That cycle must be broken because it threatens to undo years of hard-won progress. "I express my solidarity with the KFOR soldiers who were wounded in the peacekeeping mission and the brave journalists who were injured while doing their important work," Hill said.