Besim Hoti, who until now served as a Kosovo Police spokesperson in the Mitrovica region, will be the second man responsible for commanding the police in the mainly Serb-populated area.

Hoti’s appointment comes around two months after Nenad Djuric, an ex-commander for the Kosovo Police in Zvecan, was appointed regional commander of Mitrovica north.

Both appointments are results of the EU-brokered deal on normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia achieved in Brussels on April 19.

Talks on implementation of this agreement are due to continue next week.

The office of the EU foreign policy and security chief, Catherine Ashton, said the issue would be the main topic of discussion on Tuesday when Ashton meets the Kosovo Prime minister, Hashim Thaci and his Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic.