6 hours agoNATO reacts to Vuciqi after he said KFOR to withdraw from Kosovo
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)“All decisions in NATO, including those for KFOR, are taken in compliance with all 30 member states”, an official has said NATO for Radio Free Europe, when asked about Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq's statement on May 13th, that his country has received information from intelligence sources, that one [...]
In NATO's response it is said that the Atlantic Alliance has contributed to the stability of the Western Balkans for many years and continues to be committed to the region.
Our KFOR mission is based on UN Security Council Resolution 1244 in 1999 to provide secure environment and freedom of movement for all communities living in Kosovo”, it is said among other things in response to the NATO official.
Vuciq, meanwhile, has told reporters in Belgrade on Thursday that he cannot say what power this is about, but that information is from “official sources”.
Vuciq has also said he will try to address the matter with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is expected to meet in Brussels on 17 May.
“We have received information that one of the major powers will soon start an official request for the withdrawal of KFOR and UNMIK [from Kosovo]. I'm going to try and talk to Stoltenberg to make everything possible so that this doesn't happen”, Vuciq said on Thursday.
UNMIK, the UN's Interim Mission, respectively, has been deployed in Kosovo in 2000, following NATO's air strikes at the limits of the Serbian Army.
It is located on the basis of Resolution 1244, which was approved by the UN Security Council in June 1999 and still in force.
EULEX policeman changing signs from UNMIK to EULEX
After Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence, U n The NMIC has handed over most of its responsibilities to the European Union's Mission for Rule of Law in Kosovo (EULEX).
Peacekeeping Mission NATO, KFOR, is located in Kosovo as well in June 1999, following the withdrawal of Serb forces from Kosovo. / REL
