Oct 26, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Serbia
insists that only members of the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, KFOR, be
deployed on the border, on the Kosovo side.
This was said after the meeting that the Serbian Minister of Defense, Miloš Vučević, held on October 25 with his Turkish counterpart, Jashar Guler.
Turkey took
command of KFOR in October.
“We
strongly encourage a direct communication between the Chief of General Staff of
the Serbian Army and the KFOR commander and we insist that only KFOR members
are present along the administrative line from the side of ‘Kosovo and
Metohija’. The joint patrols of the members of the Serbian Army with those of
KFOR along the administrative line should also continue,” said Vučevič.
Serbia,
which does not recognize Kosovo, calls the border line with Kosovo an
administrative line, writes Radio Evropa e Lire.
Kosovo’s
border with Serbia is guarded by the Kosovo Border Police and KFOR members.
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