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NATO Secretary Basic Jens Stoltenberg addresses the media throughout his go to to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 20, 2023. REUTERS/Amel Emric Purchase Licensing Rights
PRISTINA, Nov 20 (Reuters) – NATO is inspecting a extra everlasting ramp up of troop numbers within the Western Balkans to maintain tensions within the area beneath management, NATO Secretary-Basic Jens Stoltenberg mentioned on Monday.
“We are actually reviewing whether or not we should always have a extra everlasting improve to make sure that this does not spiral uncontrolled and creates a brand new violent battle in Kosovo or the broader area,” he informed reporters on a go to to Kosovo.
After contemporary violence between ethnic teams in Kosovo in September, NATO had referred to as in reserve forces. NATO’s regional KFOR mission, which has been in operation since 1999, includes over 4,500 troops from 27 international locations.
Reporting by Fatos Bytyci in Pristina, writing by Sabine Siebold, modifying by Benoit Van Overstraeten
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