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NATO chief to visit Belgrade October 6-8 (B92, Tanjug)

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will be visiting Belgrade October 6-8, NATO has announced.

According to a press release, during the visit Stoltenberg will meet with President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Ana Brnabic. On October 8, Stoltenberg will join Vucic for the opening ceremony of the civil emergency exercise "Srbija 2018", co-organized by the NATO Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center (EADRCC) and the Serbian Ministry of Interior, NATO said.

Thaci meets NATO Secretary General (RTK)

The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, met in Canada with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. They discussed the security situation in the region. Thaci informed Secretary General Stoltenberg about the campaign initiated by Kosovo institutions to involve the non-majority communities in the Kosovo Security Force. He also said that NATO role on guaranteeing peace in the region is irreplaceable. President Thaci participated on Sunday at the Halifax International Security Forum, and then he traveled to Ottawa to meet representatives of political life and civil society.

NATO SG to Blic daily: There is no establishment of Kosovo army without Serbs acceptance

In an interview NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg gave to Blic daily yesterday, topics such as depleted uranium, Kosovo army, and communities’ acceptance of the army were touched upon. Asked to comment on lawsuits by 300 Italian soldiers suing NATO because they suffered from incurable diseases after their service in Kosovo that was bombed with depleted uranium, NATO SG stated that NATO is in Kosovo to help stabilize the region and avoid violence and unrests. KFOR forces are important as they are crucial to ensure that all ethnic groups live peacefully.