Zannier and Kermabon strongly condemned the latest incidents in Kosovo

The majority of UN Security Council ambassadors called the incident in northern Kosovo an isolated case and not a planned attack, adding that the situation in Kosovo was stable in spite of the attack.

Kermabon said that in spite of the incident there was no risk of a deterioration of the overall situation in either Kosovska Mitrovica or the rest of Kosovo. He stressed that everything was being done to apprehend those responsible for the attack, but that the investigation needed time, which was why he could reveal no other details.

Zannier and De Kermabon also noted that Kosovo Serb member of the assembly in Pristina Petar Miletic was wounded in front of his home on July 5.

Commenting on the incident, Kermabon said that Kosovo police had unlawfully been denied access to the hospital in northern Kosovska Mitrovica during an investigation. He added that "certain radical elements in northern Kosovo had threatened EULEX personnel", which he said deserved to be condemned.

The UN ambassadors also called on Belgrade and Pristina to start discussing practical issues and pleaded with the international community and all of the parties involved to do everything in their power to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.

The ambassadors of China and Russia voiced their concern over the latest violent events in Kosovo.

Skender Hyseni, appointed by the government in Pristina as its foreign minister, said that "Belgrade should not interfere in Kosovo's internal affairs" and that Kosovo police were investigating the attack.

Hyseni said that the decision to open the office in Kosovska Mitrovica had been "previously been well thought out" and that the office was "not directed at anyone", while the purpose of the Kosovo Serb protests "was to undermine positive efforts in that part of Kosovo, unfortunately, with the help of the authorities in Belgrade".