Tek sedmicu dana pred razmatranje kandidature Srbije u EU, predsjednik Srbije Boris Tadić pozvao je kosovske Srbe i KFOR za ohlade tenzije i da izbjegnu žrtve oko barikada koje su lokalni Srbi podigli krajem jula, kako bi se usprotivili raspoređivanju kosovskih carinika na graničnim prijelazima ka Srbiji.
Just over a week before Serbia's candidacy review in the EU, Serbian President Boris Tadic urged Kosovo Serbs and KFOR to cool down tensions and avoid casualties surrounding the barricades local Serbs erected in late July to oppose the deployment of Kosovo customs officers at the border crossings to Serbia.