8 hours ago” Stability in Kosovo, in the interest of all in coalition” -- what the chief of staff had declared NATO Before Visit to Pristina
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Secretary - General NATO, Mark Rutte, is expected to visit Kosovo on March 11th for the first time since it took office. The online newspaper Reporter.net finds Rutte on Tuesday of next week will be hosted by the country's president, Vjosa Osmani. Both are then expected to hold [...]
The online newspaper Reporter.net finds Rutte on Tuesday of next week will be hosted by the country's president, Vjosa Osmani.
The two are then expected to hold a press conference.
Rutte himself had warned that he would visit Kosovo during the month of March in a debate he had previously had in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Rutte had said that stability in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia is in the interest of all and that he sees no reason to believe there could be any dramatic change in American commitment to NATO.
And more generally for the Western Balkans, we need to be sure to keep it under surveillance, because stability in Kosovo, stability in Bosnia, stability in Serbia is in the interest of all of us. We had elections in Kosovo, I think they have not yet been finalised, but it seems that the largest party that ruled Kosovo virtually alone before the elections may have to make a coalition. Let's see how things go there, but it's a normal democratic process in forming coalitions”, Rutte had said.
Prior to NATO Chief Mark Rutte's warned visit to Kosovo, President Vjosa Osmani has said that stability in Kosovo is the key factor for the security of the entire region, so joint engagement with KFOR and NATO remains essential.
During the visit to Kosovo, Rutte is expected to be accompanied by ambassadors of NATO member states who are members of the North Atlantic Council.
NATO has peacekeeping missions in Kosovo since the war ended. Currently, within KFOR are more than 4,600 troops from 28 countries in the world who are deployed in Kosovo. The largest number is from Italy, followed by the United States of America, Hungary and Turkey.
NATO added its presence in Kosovo during 2023, following increasing tensions in the Serb-run north.
KFOR is the third security reacter in Kosovo, following Kosovo Police and the European Union's mission of rule of law, E ULEX. This mission, among other things, is responsible for the security of the border line between Kosovo and Serbia.
