NATO supports the development of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) within its current mandate. The KSF is a professional force and a source of regional stability, said a NATO official in Brussels to Belgrade-based daily Danas, who wanted to remain anonymous and stressed that "it is important to say that when launching any initiatives regarding the mandate of the Kosovo Security Force, it should be fully consulted with all communities in Kosovo , as well as all NATO allies."

Czech President Milos Zeman said on Friday that the bombardment of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ) was mistake, and there should be no pursue for an alibi to justify that mistake.

This way, President Zeman commented on a statement of NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, who said during his recent visit to Belgrade, that this military alliance bombarded Yugoslavia in order to protect civilians and stop Milosevic’s regime.

“I think this war was a huge mistake, and there should be no pursue for an alibi to justify that mistake,” President Zeman underlined.

Minister of Defense Aleksandar Vulin met on Monday in Belgrade with Chairman of the NATO Military Committee General Stuart Pеаch.

According to the Serbian government, Vulin said that Serbia is firmly committed to maintaining the position of military neutrality and that the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program is the optimal form of cooperation with that organization.

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."

Official Belgrade’s view is that KFOR is the only armed force that can be present in Kosovo, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said on Friday.

Dacic told public broadcaster RTS that the plans to form an armed force in Kosovo, which run counter to the UN Security Council Resolution 1244, will be discussed by President Aleksandar Vucic and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg next week.

The Serbian expert compared the use of depleted uranium in Yugoslavia to the 1945 nuclear attack on Japan.

BELGRADE, October 5. /TASS/. The use of munitions containing depleted uranium during NATO's 1999 bombing of Yugolavia was an "ecocide on a planetary scale," a prominent Serbian expert on environmental issues, Prof. Velimir Nedeljkovic, has said.

The president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic is expected to meet with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. During this month, he is also expected to meet with NATO's secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, Serbian media report today.

Jens Stoltenberg is coming to Belgrade at a very delicate moment in view of what happened in Kosovo this weekend. There are no official details of that the visit might look like, and what might be discussed, Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences Dragan Simeunovic told Prva TV today.

NATO has assessed that the transformation of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) is a question for the Kosovo authorities.

A NATO official told Radio Free Europe on Thursday that "any change in the structure, mandate, and mission of the KSF will require constitutional amendments" and that it "supports the development of the force “under its current mandate."

The KSF s also described as "a professional, multi-ethnic force, and a source of regional stability," Beta reported.

Commander of the Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, Admiral James G. Foggo, said this in an interview for the Serbian daily Blic.

He added that there was intent to have a broader discussion with the EU within the September dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

Admiral Foggo also said the people had to use their right to vote and express their opinion in the elections and not with violence in the streets. Those who want piece, NATO would be there if asked for help, and for the rest who had "ulterior motives" NATO " would be there if necessary".

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci in an interview for Belgrade based daily Danas says that as leaders they are responsible for the well-being of our children and future generations, when talking about Brussels based negotiation, and he thinks that President Vucic and himself were willing to prevent the past from blocking the future or endanger peace in the region in the next five or 50 years.