) KSF is unique, there will be no units on ethnic grounds

Kosovo Security Force Minister (FSK) Rrustem Berisha has stressed that this mechanism will not be divided into ethnic entities.

He in an interview for Telegrafi has said that within the KSF the 10 per cent turnout quota of minority members has been exceeded, adding that it is part of the regulation that growth in degrees and advancement be made on professional grounds, regardless of which ethnic affiliation belongs.

The “each member of the KSF has a clear promotion approach, and each knows that to get a degree, what to achieve. We cannot violate these regulations and laws. On the other hand, the degrees of non-company members are lower because they belong to the new age, they are at the beginning of their career. It is not permitted either by regulations or by law, that Lieutenant or captain become a colonel or a general. This is unfair to other members who have engaged in it. He was often discussed taking a police officer to KSF. The issue remains to be discussed and solved the best option for both the community and the majority, but also the structure of KSF”, Berisha has stressed.

He has said that standards must be worked on and not on freezing specific units. It says that no army in the world goes towards dividing and privatising it, adding that the efforts and engagement of Kosovo institutions remain to unify actions and standards, rather than the establishment of separate entities.

Berisha has also spoken of the split budget for KSF for 2018, stressing that compared to the preceding year there is a 5 per cent budget increase.

“As far as the budget is concerned, with the current mission we have, we can realise our goals and goals. If we think about transformation, of course, according to the decision on transformation this budget will have growth, because it is thus envisioned with the decision of strategic revision of the security sector. We have also been told by the finance minister, who, according to the change of mission, will also be considered to have an increase in the” budget, Berisha stressed.