Kosovo Force

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations Burcu San on Tuesday to discuss the present Serbia-NATO cooperation, the security situation in Kosovo-Metohija and the role of the NATO-led KFOR mission.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Javier Colomina on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Javier Colomina on Monday.

Vucic noted that, with their professionalism, KFOR troops were contributing to maintaining peace and stability in Kosovo-Metohija, jeopardised by Pristina's unilateral moves.

There were a series of incidents in 2023: from the wounding of Stefan (11) and Milo Stojanovi (21) on Christmas Day, to the beating of Serbian young men, as well as the wounding of Miljan Delevi by members of the Kosovo Special Police.

BELGRADE - The level of Serbia-Hungary military cooperation is extremely good, Serbian Deputy PM and Defence Minister Milos Vucevic and Hungarian Defence Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky agreed at a meeting in Belgrade on Friday.

BUDAPEST - Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday in Budapest his country would vote against Kosovo's membership in European bodies.

In an article analyzing the situation in the Western Balkans, titled "Europe needs to do more", the Guardian states that in December "local disputes" led to the installation of barricades in the north of Kosovo, which is mainly inhabited by Serbs.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Monday KFOR's negative response to Serbia's request for a return of its security forces to Kosovo-Metohija was a political decision and that over 300 ethnically motivated attacks against Serbs in the province were not seen by KFOR as threats to peace and stability.

DUBAI - Commenting on KFOR's negative response to Serbia's request for a return of its security forces to Kosovo-Metohija, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said that "what KFOR says is one thing and the reality is another thing," and noted that the reality was that Serbs were not safe in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday KFOR had given a negative response to Serbia's request for a return of its army and police troops to Kosovo-Metohija, and noted that the response had "accidentally" been delivered on Orthodox Christmas Eve.