Photo: TanjugThe former NATO spokesman believes that a rapid action unit should be established in Brussels in the event of a crisis in Kosovo, and the KFOR commander says that they have increased their presence in the north and will no longer allow barricades to be set up.
Former NATO spokesman Jamie Shay believes that the Alliance should have reserve troops in Brussels, which can be quickly dispatched in the event of a crisis in Kosovo, and that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti are in a "powerful political position", necessary for achieving peace.
The commander of KFOR, Major General Ferenc Kajari, said on Tuesday that the situation in the north of Kosovo and Metohija has calmed down and warned that the international forces will no longer allow the installation of barricades on the roads.
As he said, according to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, KFOR is obliged to ensure freedom of movement for all citizens, and "if barricades are built, it prevents free movement".
He added that this mission increased its presence in the north and set up observation posts and technical checkpoints, and that if an agreement is not reached, "KFOR will have to act to ensure freedom of movement."
As Jamie Shay explains, NATO has withdrawn from Afghanistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but KFOR still has more than 3.700 soldiers in Kosovo, which, he says, shows that the situation is still not fully stabilized and normalized. He adds that KFOR needs to increase its forces so that it can deal with all the problems, because its mission is to maintain security in the entire territory.
Shay believes that by increasing NATO's capacity in Kosovo, NATO would show Belgrade that it is capable of continuing its mandate of maintaining security, and that means "including the Serbs". He adds that Belgrade "does not have any role in Kosovo" in this regard.
As he says, Kurti's rhetoric should be softened, especially when there is "no basis" for it, and act pragmatically.
In an interview on Radio Television of Kosovo, the KFOR commander spoke about "Serbian criminal groups in the north, the activities of Milan Radojicic and the threatening graffiti of Serbs".
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