"In the Kumanovo Agreement, 1999 between the Serbian army and NATO, and in the UN Security Council Resolution, there is no other ethnically armed army in the Serbian province of Kosovo, except NATO"
January 30, 2021
At the height of political uncertainty and the vacuum of institutions in Kosovo, Serbia is taking the next step.
The Serbian government has officially asked KFOR to disarm the Kosovo army and not allow any armed forces in the country.
This was announced by the Belgrade newspaper Politika, which published details from the meeting between the Serbian Minister of Defense, Nebojsa Stefanovic, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister and the head of KFOR, Major General Franco Federici.
As Politika reports, “Stefanovic also reminded that according to UN Security Council Resolution 1244, KFOR is the only legitimate armed formation in Kosovo and Metohija and that it is expected to provide a safe environment for all ethnic groups in the southern province. Serbian.
The Minister of Defense noted that the responsibility for security in Kosovo and Metohija can not be transferred to other entities and noted that the transformation of the Kosovo Security Force is absolutely unacceptable for the Republic of Serbia, given that it violates Security. of the UN Council Resolution 1244 and the Military Technical Agreement ”.
Meanwhile, both the Serbian newspaper and the portal of the Serbian Ministry of Defense have not announced what was the response of the Italian KFOR general.
But on the official website of NATO troops in Kosovo, not a single line is mentioned about both Stefanovic's request and KFOR's position.
The official announcement states that General Federici has stated that KFOR and the Serbian army must maintain cooperation for a safe environment, and has announced that NATO troops will protect the Serb population in Kosovo.
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