Kosovo Force

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias met with his Serbian counterpart Bratislav Gacic in Belgrade Tuesday to discuss regional security and bilateral defense relations.

The participation of Turkish soldiers in the Kosovo Force (KFOR) to support the NATO peacekeeping force amid heightened tensions in the region is crucial and a politically prudent decision, says Major General Angelo Michele Ristuccia, commander of the NATO peacekeeping force stationed in Kosovo.

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Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti outside the Government building in Pristina, Kosovo, October 27, 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI

Either way, however, the strategy of integrating the north into the rest of Kosovo is in disarray; the question now is whether Kosovo can hang on to anything more than nominal sovereignty over its rebellious municipalities.

Montenegrin soldiers on the training in a military camp near the town of Danilovgrad. Photo: Montenegrin Government

The Ministry of Defence said it had abandoned the plan to send a platoon of 30 soldiers to Kosovo, announced by the former government, led by the Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS.

Andrija Tomanovic, the head of the surgery clinic at the Clinical Hospital Centre in Pristina, called his daughter Jelena on June 24, 1999 at around 1pm to tell her he was on his way home from work.

The report on Serbia states that the main factors for a favorable economic growth are economic reforms and the country's strategic location, Tanjug said on Monday.

Trenta said that the Kosovo Force (KFOR) would continue to play an important role in preserving peace and stability, and in protecting the Serbs and other non-Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija, under the command of an Italian general.

This is according to Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who added that the duties of these international force are "enshrined in their mandates."

NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) will remain in Kosovo an Metohija "as long as needed," says US General Curtis Scaparrotti.