KFOR Commander General Salvatore Couci told the Vienna daily Kronen Zeitung that situation currently is “very safe”.
“It depends much on whether people want change here. Primarily youth does it,” Couci says.
To the conclusion that there are many fighters from the Balkans in the Islamic state and a questions of the daily what KFOR can do on this issue, the Italian general says that it is true that Kosovo has a large number of “foreign fighters”, i.e. returnees from the war in Syria.
“We train and support local security forces and observe the situation,” explains Salvatore Couci.
The returnees, according to him, are a danger to “our western society,” but, he adds, this is not only a problem in Kosovo.
The Italian general praised the special participation of Austrian soldiers in KFOR, saying they were present “everywhere.”
“They are present in manoeuvres, logistics, scouting and many other areas. And that’s good, because they work very efficiently and professionally and are excellent ambassadors of their country,” Couci concludes.
