The NATO commander in charge of the KFOR units in Kosovo did not speak well of last weekend’s violence which injured dozens of soldiers. Major General Angelo Michele Ristuccia called the attacks “unacceptable” and stressed that NATO “will continue to fulfill its mandate impartially”, writes the British newspaper The Guardian.
Dozens of Italian and Hungarian soldiers of the NATO-led peacekeeping force Kosovo Force (KFOR) and more than 50 Serbs were injured in violent protests against the installation of Albanian mayors in a Serb-majority area of northern Kosovo.
According to the President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, Serbia’s actions mainly cause destabilization in the region. “Those who carry out Vučić’s orders to destabilize northern Kosovo must be brought to justice,” Osmani wrote in a message. Chirping.
The US ambassador and an envoy from the European Union condemned the violence and called for calm. France said in a statement that it “condemned the violence in the strongest possible terms”.
The population in northern Kosovo is mostly ethnic Serbs, who do not recognize Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence and still see Belgrade as their capital. Tension in the region has been rising for some time, as Kosovo’s Serb residents refused to participate in local elections last year.
Source: BNR
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