Minister Kuni shows whether there is still a plan for mandatory military service

Defence Minister Anton Kuni, accompanied by KSF Commander General Nundman Rama, has answered the questions of members of the Commission for Security and Defence Affairs, the Online Economy reports.

Quinn said that at the moment laws have been voted into a military character, a transition plan has been built by field experts.

The moment laws were voted into a military character, a transition plan” has been built by field experts, Quinn said.

The defence ministry on these specifics it has, is trying to co-operate with our institutions and with our strategic partners to be transparent to our citizens and strategic community”, he said.

Quinn said that by 2027, The KSF will be guarantor of the stability and sovereignty of the Republic of Kosovo and will be ready to land abroad under the UN umbrella.

Because the inclusion of the comprehensive plan is not only KSF, we have bilateral reports with different states on different programs, such as KSF technical operational programmes. This whole problem is challenging when we have the pandemic situation”.

Against what we face with this pandemic situation, we believe that by 2027, The KSF will be guarantor of the stability and sovereignty of the Republic of Kosovo and will be ready to land abroad under UN umbrella”, Quinn said.

All of this, Quinn said there's a high cost. He said that during this time, they have assisted in escorting the returnees to Kosovo, from the airport to the Student Centre, converted as quarantine.

During this pandemic we managed to assist civil authorities, providing our fleet to escort citizens from the airport to the quarantine center, where we carried over 3,000 citizens. We have also assisted in municipalities to build headquarters, and so on”.

Rexhep Selimi of the VV asked whether Government has received their requests on the basis of their request.

Where those laws are stuck. The budget review bill. We know that without a budget no plan-program of yours goes forward. Are your requests taken into account by the government”, Selimi asked.

And Minister Quinn said that thanks to the support of international allies, obligations are being met, the EO reports.

Everything to enable achievement of goals is cost, so it's budgetary. We have it for the pre-government presentation to achieve the standard of armies in the region. We from strategic partners have a high trust and it's an interest that, besides that the budget is provided through various donations, greatly facilitates this process”.

The “are also military vehicle industry programmes, from military equipment to IT equipment, which, for our cost, are astronomical figures, and that we are unable to cover”, Quinn said.

Ganimetie Musliu asked Minister Quinn if the idea of mandatory military service still exists.

“The issue of mandatory military service. Has this idea died or the mandatory military service plan still exists? I haven't seen this idea in the past budget, but I haven't seen it in the budget revision yet. Tell us if this is still the idea or”, Musliu asked.

While Minister Quinn said military service takes time but still exists as an idea, EO reports.

It's true that military mandatory service takes a long time. There has been a compatibility of the former Kurti government, but even now there is this harmonisation that in an athet be this mandatory military service”.

The “is an idea that will guarantee the stability and integrity of Kosovo's territory, but always in the sense of a general education”, Quinn said that if a young man goes through these stages he will be much more prepared and will have easier to function.

The first of KSF said the number of affected soldiers is minimal, but did not give a precise figure