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Stoltenberg: NATO, ready to send even more troops to Kosovo

2023-06-01 09:57:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Stoltenberg: NATO, ready to send even more troops to Kosovo

NATO is ready to send even more troops to Kosovo, to calm the violence in the north of this country, inhabited by a majority of Serbs, the head of the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, said on Thursday.

He added that the first 700 reinforcement troops are already on their way to Kosovo.

"NATO will remain vigilant. We will be there to ensure a secure environment as well as to calm and reduce tensions," Stoltenberg told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Oslo.

Tensions in northern Kosovo increased as early as May 26, when Kosovo Police helped Albanian mayors of Serb-majority municipalities enter municipal offices, despite resistance from local residents.

NATO decided to increase its mission of 4,000 troops in Kosovo by an additional 700 troops, after 30 of its peacekeepers were injured during clashes with Serbian protesters in the municipality of Zveçan on May 29.

Stoltenberg said that violence against NATO troops is "totally unacceptable".

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