PRISTINA, Oct 7 /ATA/ – Britain’s Defense Ministry reported UK reinforcements have arrived in Kosovo for NATO peacekeeping mission.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the first British soldiers of a two hundred-strong deployment arrived in Kosovo on Friday to reinforce NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR).
Germany also announced a day ago that it will send more troops to join the NATO-led peacekeeping KFOR mission in Kosovo, a spokesman of the German Defence Ministry announced.
“I can confirm that the German government has decided to expand its military commitment to KFOR starting as April 2024, despite the recent developments in Kosovo,” spokesperson Mitko Mueller said in a regular press briefing in Berlin
The spokesperson stated that the decision had nothing to do with current tensions in northern Kosovo and instead was taken to compensate for the withdrawal of Austrian troops.
Türkiye will take over KFOR command during the next mandate and KFOR Commander Angelo Michele Ristuccia will be replaced by the Turkish General Ozkan Ulutash in a ceremony scheduled to take place next Tuesday.
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