NATO publishes video explaining situation in Kosovo, cites tensions with Serbia

The Kosovo force, according to NATO, is key to ensuring stability in Kosovo and the region.

The situation in Kosovo is now much calmer than once, but sometimes tensions still occur. That is why the NATO-led Kosovo Force is still key to ensuring stability in the region”, says NATO producer Jake Tupman, where KFOR forces usually patrol near the border between Kosovo and Serbia.

The case of the roadblocks leading to border crossings with Serbia at Jarinje and Brnjak in September has also been included in the video, due to the Kosovo government's decision to ban access to Kosovo vehicles with Serbian license plates.

“KFOR has played a key role in assisting in de-ex1nd tensions, Tupman says.

He talks about it even with a member of KFOR. Major Gene Enriquez says their job is not to choose which side is right and which is wrong.

Entering with an open mind and a little compassion for all sides of the dispute gives a better result. You must approach these situations with compassion on both sides. It is not our job to choose who is right and who is wrong but to help preserve peace here”, he says.

Colonel Stefano Fedele, Italian KFOR officer for 35 years, has also spoken of the situation near the Ibër Bridge in Mitrovica.

This is a symbol of interethnic division in Kosovo, because in the past and recent events yesterday, it has been a recurring scenario of interethnic clashes”, he says.

Colonel Fidele explains how the day before there were shootings and throwing stones at Kosovo Police cars.

There were shootings and stones fired against Kosovo Police cars yesterday. The situation is now calm but very fragile and what has happened on the administrative border or what happened here yesterday in Mitrovica is evidence of the necessity of KFOR presence here in Kosovo”, he says.