KFOR announces coming British, Romanian soldiers will increase presence on border with Serbia

“A container of 200 British soldiers from the First Battalion of the Royal Regiment of the Princess of Wales and more than 130 additional troops from Romania arrived in Kosovo and joined the Contact of the United Kingdom of the 400 currently dislocated, to reinforce KFOR peacekeeping mission”.

KFOR says the defeat comes after the violent attack on the Kosovo Police on 24 September and the “raising tensions in the region to improve KFOR's presence in northern Kosovo and patrol along the administrative border line”.

The decision on additional troops, KFOR says it is based on a request by NATO Allied Supreme Commander to Europe and was approved by Allieds to the North Atlantic Council as a careful step to ensure that KFOR has the forces it needs to fulfil its UN mandate to preserve a safe environment and freedom of movement for all people in Kosovo.

“NATO has led a peacekeeping operation in Kosovo since 1999 in line with its mandate under UN Security Council Resolution 1244. KFOR currently consists of over 4,500 troops contributed by 27 NATO allies and partners”, the report said.

Their arrival was prompted by the terrorist attack on Banjska.