3 minutes agoUS sends 300 soldiers to defend Kosovo's sovereignty
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)About 300 members of the Indian National Guard will come to Kosovo on a nine-month mission with the focus on ensuring security for Kosovars. According to the “The Times”, it is about a combat team belonging to the infantry brigade, which was launched Saturday by the US and originally stopped in Germany before [...]
According to the “The Times”, it is about a combat team belonging to the infantry brigade, which was launched Saturday by the US and originally stopped in Germany before continuing for Kosovo.
When troops land in Kosovo, the task force soldiers will lead the Regional-led Command under NATO authority.
“Burrat and women of this brigade will work to ensure that Kosovo's independence and sovereignty will remain strong, and that our common goal for independent, multiethnic states with societies co-existing peacefully in the Western Balkans has been realised”, Major General Dale Lyles has said.
“Sending our troops demonstrates America's determination to defend the sovereignty of free and democratic nations such as Kosovo”, he added.
This is the 31st rotation of US military forces sent to the base at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo.
Troops from Poland, Switzerland, Latvia, Turkey, Slovenia, Greece, Hungary and Italy also serve at the Regional Command East in Kosovo since the end of the war.
Currently, 635 American troops serve in the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.
