NATO Admiral: Ibër Bridge not open now, be part of dialogue

Commander of Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, Admiral Stuart B. Munsch, at a media conference, has stressed that the Alliance is demanding that the Ibër Bridge not be opened at this moment and that the issue should be part of the dialogue. According to him, the bridge issue is political, not military, and [...]
According to him, the bridge issue is political rather than military and could cause damage in terms of overall security.
NATO's “policy is not to open at this time. He's going to have a dialogue. It's a political and non-military issue. This is due to the likelihood that it could cause harm, of unsafe environments. KFOR keeps lines of communication open with all security forces in the area. At this time we don't have a concern with transparency”.
“As I mentioned earlier, KFOR maintains open and transparent communication with security organisations in the region and with this is understood activities which are and we have no concern. We have several criminal groups operating in this region, but this is out of the reality of operations, and of course this belongs to law enforcement agents”, he said, at the conference held after the change of KFOR command. /EO












