The General Secretary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, assured the Kosovan authorities that the NATO Mission in Kosovo (KFOR) will maintain peace.
All sides must remain calm, avoid unilateral actions and support the EU-mediated dialogue. I remain in close contact with Pristina and Belgrade," Stoltenberg wrote in a tweet.
The statement was given amid recent civil unrest between Serbia and Kosovo. The two Balkan states are at odds again after years of great conflict between the two nations.
The Secretory-General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, on Tuesday stated that the KFOR forces are closely monitoring the situation to maintain peace in the region. NATO’s peacekeeping forces operate in the Kosovar Republic to maintain security and stability in the region. KFOR is a NATO-led peacekeeping force that entered Kosovo in 1998.
The involvement has gradually decreased from 50,000 to 4000 today since the Kosovan forces are becoming self-sufficient. The KFOR stated on Sunday that it is closely monitoring the situation and would intervene if Kosovan security is “jeopardized”. The Kosovar government has indicated to apply for EU membership by the end of 2022.
