Kosovo MPs should discuss today three draft laws, related to transformation of Kosovo Security Forces (KSF) in Kosovo army, RTS reports. This is so-called “plan B” of Pristina to establish the army, bypassing all agreements and accords stipulating it should not have been possible without the consent of the Serbs and constitutional amendments.
Possible intrusion of the Kosovo Security Forces to crossing points Jarinje and Brnjak would not go without reaction from Belgrade, Vecernje Novosti wrote yesterday.
As daily earlier reported, Pristina’s plan to take over control of the administrative crossing points in the north of Kosovo, supported by NATO allies, could “inflame” entire region and Belgrade through unofficial channels has warned important European stakeholders of danger and domino effects of such scenario.
NATO supports development of the Kosovo Security Forces within the mandate they were established upon, and if it changes the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would reconsider the level of its engagement in Kosovo, NATO said, Serbian media reported.
“NATO does not decide on the structure, mandate and mission of the Kosovo Security Forces. This is an internal matter of the Kosovo institutions,” reads the NATO response sent to Radio Free Europe.
Members of KFOR, EULEX and Kosovo Security Force, the police, and the Agency for Management of Emergency Situations have started a joint exercise.
This has been reported by RTK in Serbian.
As stated, the aim of the exercise is to train commanders and staff of KFOR, EULEX and Kosovo security organizations in managing operations in cases of assistance in natural disasters and civil unrest.
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci again opposed the Special Court for War Crimes committed in Kosovo, saying that this court was established under the pressure of the international community and will not contribute to strengthening the feeling of justice to the war victims, TV N1 reported last night.
In his annual speech to the members of the Kosovo Security Forces, Thaci said that Kosovo should have a full protection capacities and a modern army that would contribute to the peace and stability in the region and the world.