NATO pledges to ensure security in Kosovo
(VOVWORLD) - NATO on Sunday underlined the “unwavering” commitment of its KFOR peacekeeping force to its duties in Kosovo as tensions flare, with pressure building on Serbia over the detention of three Kosovo police officers.
 The special police force in Kosovo. (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
NATO’s KFOR has swelled to more than 4,000 troops after a battalion of 500 reinforcements from Turkey was sent to Kosovo two weeks ago, following clashes with ethnic Serb protesters in late May that wounded 30 peacekeepers. An extra NATO battalion is on alert to deploy to Kosovo if required.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008. Its ethnic Albanian majority rose up in 1999, sparking a NATO military intervention against Serbian forces.