7 hours agoNATO official: There's no danger of going north, KSF there except for consulting with KFOR
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)High official of NATO, Mircea Geoana, has stayed for a visit to Kosovo and has also met with Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani, who has talked to him about membership in the Partnership for Peace Programme and NATO membership. In an interview that Geoana gave for the KoSSev portal, she said she did not [...]
In an interview that Geoana gave for the KoSSev portal, she said she saw no possibility that the situation in the north would escape in terms of security, as well as she said. The KSF can only go to that part of Kosovo, in consultation with KFOR.
Deputy Secretary-General of NATO, Mircea Geoana, has declared that the only way forward for Kosovo and Serbia is dialogue and compromise, and that NATO fully supports it. He has reiterated that KSF can only go north with agreement with KFOR commander, reiterated that KFOR is implementing the mandate received in Kosovo, based on UN Security Council Resolution 1244.
He says the situation is fragile but stable and that NATO sees no sign of the danger it could escalate.
On the other hand, he has declared, KFOR is rigorously holding the mandate of UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and Kosovo Security Forces (FSK) should not violate in the north without consulting the KFOR commander in advance.
When it comes to the Kosovo Security Forces, we always say we must all stick to the UN Resolution 1244, which says very clearly that any possible movement north should not be done without consulting the KFOR commander. And this is the message we sent to all decisionmakers in Pristina, which we visited today”, he said.
To NATO, the only way forward is dialogue and compromise for all sides.
This is why my message and the message of all of us from NATO to all sides is that we encourage dialogue. Dialogue and compromise have no replacement and that we should avoid any sudden decision that could cause destability”, he said.
At the same time, Geoana Serbia praised him as NATO partner, with whom NATO “works hard, despite some difficult moments in the past”. He also stressed that NATO neither decides nor comments on the sovereign decisions of its partners, and that Serbia is entitled to decide on its own destiny.
Serbia is a partner of NATO, we respect Belgrade's decisions and we can hope that the European perspective for Serbia will finally become reality”, he declared
