The Serbian government has sent a letter to the NATO Kosovo Force to send Serbian military and police to Kosovo
CCTV news client news Serbian President Vucic said on the evening of the 15th local time that the Serbian government made a decision that night and will send a letter to the NATO Kosovo Force in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1244, asking to send up to 1,000 Serb soldiers and police to Kosovo. The letter will first be sent by e-mail on the evening of the 15th, and the written document will be delivered to the commander of the NATO Kosovo Force on the 16th. Vucic underlined: “The decision was unanimously adopted during the meeting of the Serbian government. The The Serbian side’s only requirement is that the parties concerned respect international law.”
Vucic also said on a guest program on Serbian national television that evening that it was unlikely that the Kosovo NATO force would agree to Serbia’s request, but he hoped this decision by the Serbian side could help ease tensions in northern Kosovo.
Serb residents in northern Kosovo set up barricades on local main roads on the 10th to protest the arrest of a former Kosovo Serb policeman, sparking clashes.
Kosovo is an autonomous province of the former Yugoslav Republic of Serbia which was administered by the United Nations after the end of the Kosovo War in 1999. In 2008 Kosovo unilaterally declared independence and Serbia has always insisted on its sovereignty over Kosovo. (Headquarters reporter Zhao Hongchao)
