Kosovo Force

Turkish commando battalion deployed in Kosovo upon the request by NATO to assist in quelling violent unrest in the Balkan country has started to return to Türkiye as the mission is completed, the Defense Ministry has announced.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Srpska lista leader Goran Rakic said on Tuesday he had met with the new head of the Eulex mission Giovanni Pietro Barbano to discuss a withdrawal of special units from the north of Kosovo-Metohija and greater presence of Eulex and Kfor patrols.

The EU's special envoy for dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, Miroslav Lajak, welcomed the decision to reduce the number of members of the so-called Kosovo Police in the north of Kosovo.
This decision was made at a meeting of representatives of the so-called Kosovo Police, EULEX and KFOR.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Friday President Aleksandar Vucic's recent meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had been fair and that Stoltenberg understood the situation in Kosovo-Metohija.

Speaking to Pink TV, Dacic said Stoltenberg had established a very fair, human and direct relationship with Vucic.

BRUSSELS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said after a Brussels meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday evening he had requested that NATO take control to ensure "a life worthy of humans" to Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

Strengthening NATO-Serbia relations would benefit the Alliance, Serbia, and the entire region, it was stated in the communique published after the first day of the summit in Vilnius.

VILNIUS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday in Vilnius he was in regular contact with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and ready to meet with him.

PRISTINA - The Kfor mission said on Wednesday there was no evidence of alleged weapons smuggling to Serbian Orthodox churches in Kosovo-Metohija in ambulances via administrative crossings in the province.

Previously, British MP Alicia Kearns accused the Serbian Orthodox Church of involvement in weapons smuggling from central Serbia to Kosovo-Metohija.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Srpska lista on Monday reiterated a call to Kfor and Eulex to step up their presence in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, especially in Kosovska Mitrovica, to prevent feigned incidents Pristina was using as an alibi for increased presence of special forces of the so-called Kosovo Police.

As they stated, a routine military exercise will be conducted with the aim of improving the readiness and preparedness of the units.
The announcement states that the soldiers and vehicles of that mission will be deployed in the municipalities of Istok, trpce, Mamusha, Deane, Djakovica, Draga, Elez Han and Elezit Kaanik.