NATO’s Kosovo Peacekeeping Force (KFOR) responded to Serbia’s request to deploy troops and police in northern Kosovo amid tensions with Kosovo. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in a statement that KFOR refused Serbia’s request to send troops to Kosovo, and the answer was delivered to them “coincidentally” on a meaningful date, when Orthodox Christians were celebrating Christmas Eve.
“We all knew and expected what the answer would be, I’ve already said that before,” Vucic said. Of course, they replied that there is no need for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Serbia to return to the territory of Kosovo,” he said.
Arguing that the United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1244 does not give KFOR the right to reject Serbia, Vucic said, “If they had given us a positive answer on Christmas Eve, then it would have meant something. But when you get a negative response before Christmas, you can understand that it wasn’t by accident,” he said.
KOSOVO RESPONDED TO THAT DEMAND
Serbia has made an official application to KFOR to send a 1,000-strong military and police force to the north of Kosovo, claiming that the lives of ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo are not safe. Serbia’s demand caused a strong reaction from Kosovo, and Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani said that the Serbian army would never set foot in Kosovo again. (UAV)