Vuciq: We received information that a great power will require withdrawing KFOR from Kosovo

Vuciq told reporters in Belgrade that he cannot say what power this is about, but that information is from “official sources”.

He also said Pristina has warned that it will allocate 100m euros a year to the military, which, according to him, is unmatched with Serbia, which shares two billion euros.

“These are not comparable data, we should not be afraid, but it is clear what someone wants to do”, Vuciq said.

Vuciq said he will try to address the issue 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 will try to talk to Stoltenberg to make everything possible so that this does not happen”, Vuciq said.

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.

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