NATO brings reserve troops to Kosovo for training amid fears of unrest

NATO brings reserve troops to Kosovo for training amid fears of unrest
# 24 September 2022 04:34 (UTC +04:00)

NATO has brought in reserve troops assigned to its KFOR peacekeeping mission to Kosovo for training, one of the mission commanders said, as a deadline approaches in a spat between the Serbian minority and the government that may spark fresh unrest, APA reports citing Reuters.

KFOR's regional commander east, Colonel Christopher Samulski, told reporters the reserves had been brought in "as part of normal contingency planning." Samulski spoke at Camp Bondsteel, one of KFOR's bases.

The U.S. officer did not give any concrete figures of how many reserve troops have arrived in Kosovo but spoke of a "battalion-size" unit. A battalion usually comprises between 500 and 1,000 troops.

Protests by Kosovo Serbs in the summer over a requirement for them to use state-issued car number plates have increased friction between Kosovo and Serbia, more than two decades after NATO bombed Serbia to end repression of Kosovo's Albanian majority.

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