Serbia refuses to recognise the independence of its former southern province, and denied it trained the group of 30 men who shot at police and killed an officer.
Some 600 British soldiers will be deployed in northern Kosovo amid concern over violence and the build-up of Serbian military in the region, NATO has confirmed.
Women attach Serbian flags to a fence in front of the city hall during a protest in the town of Zvecan, northern Kosovo earlier this year.Associated Press reporters travelling in the border region on Sunday said several Serbian army transport vehicles were driving away toward central Serbia, a sign that the military might be scaling down its presence in the region.
Vjosa Osmani, Kosovo’s president, told Britain’s Channel 4 News last week that she “very much” welcomed the involvement of British and NATO troops “to deal with the very concerning situation we are dealing with”. The alliance again called for calm and demanded that Belgrade and Pristina resume talks as soon as possible. White said it was “the only way to achieve lasting peace”.In an incident that marked one of the most serious escalations in tensions in the region in recent years, a Kosovo police officer was killed last week in an ambush in the north of the country. A shoot-out ensued between the Kosovo police special forces and heavily armed Serbs.
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