NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told Belgrade based daily Politika that peace and stability in Kosovo has been a priority for this alliance for past 20 years and that the UN mandate for the NATO peacekeeping mission remains unchanged.
President Aleksandar Vucic says he has agreed with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg that in the event of a crisis in Kosovo, they can quickly make contact.
He said that this procedure has been established in order to prevent conflicts and more serious consequences.
Vucic said that he asked Stoltenberg not to reduce the KFOR mission in Kosovo, "as it is the only protection for the Serb people."
It has been confirmed in a telephone conversation between the Serbian PM and the NATO chief that the military alliance opposes the formation of a Kosovo army.
Serbia's state broadcaster RTS reported this late on Wednesday.
Jens Stoltenberg also told Aleksandar Vucic that NATO had officially warned Pristina that the organization is opposed to the formation of an army in Kosovo, something announced in recent days by Kosovo President Hashim Thaci.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg conveyed a few moments ago serious concerns of NATO Allies about proposed transformation of Kosovo Security Force into an armed force.
The Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, pointed out, in an interview with Beta news agency, the necessity to reduce the current tensions in the Western Balkan, in order to avoid incidents and clashes, and pointed out that NATO "realizes its part in the construction of the security with regional partners”.
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanovic, said he will ask NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenerg for NATO and KFOR to do everything in their power to make sure that there are no incidents in the northern part of Kosovo. “I will discuss with him the situation on the ground. NATO and KFOR must do their job and make sure that nothing will happen to us. We will present our concerns to him,” Stojanovic told Radio Television of Serbia. “I hope the international community will do everything to prevent incidents because no one wants chaos”.
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the phone, and met with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg in Davos.
B92's Filip Cukanovic said these conversations regarded the situation in Kosovo and relations in the region, as well as "ways to solve the problems that have piled up."
Vucic today announced "a meeting with the Albanian side with the mediation of Brussels (EU) as early as next week."
The director of the Centre for Euro-Atlantic Studies Jelena Milic said Monday she expected the Belgrade NATO Week conference to send a message of consensus about the recent past to make possible the planning of the future in mutual interest.
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić thanked members of KFOR on Wednesday, who have transported a baby by helicopter to a hospital in Belgrade and thus saved the life of a Serbian boy from Laplje Selo.
At a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Vučić thanked him and said that it was a big thing for Serbia and yet another signal of greater understanding between Serbia and NATO.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday in Brussels that Serbia is "an exporter of stability" in the region.
Stoltenberg made this statement after his meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.
During a joint press conference, Stoltenberg also said NATO "respects Serbia's military neutrality," and expressed his "regret over the loss of innocent lives" during the western military alliance's 1999 bombing of Serbia.