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rt.com 28 Sep, 2023 19:15
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NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldiers stand behind a barbed wire perimeter around the municipal building in Zvecan, Kosovo, June 2, 2023 © AFP
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic have both called on NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) to take over policing duties in the Serb-populated northern regions of Kosovo, after a deadly shootout between Kosovo police and armed Serbs.
“KFOR must take control of the north of Kosovo,” Rama said at a press conference in Tirana on Thursday. “It is a proposal that I have made before,” he continued, adding that “even some voices have asked for it from the Serbian side.”
Rama claimed that should KFOR fail to intervene now, the Serb minority in northern Kosovo will eventually launch an attack on Kosovo police necessitating a far larger intervention by the NATO mission in future.
Kosovo has been occupied by around 5,000 NATO troops since 1999, when the Western bloc launched an air war against Serbia on behalf of ethnic Albanian terrorists, who claim sovereignty over the historic Serbian province. Kosovo declared independence in 2008, a move that Serbia, along with Russia and around half of all UN states, do not recognize.
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NATO peacekeepers gave Kosovo ‘carte blanche’ to kill Serbs – Vucic
In Belgrade, Vucic issued a similar call on Tuesday after a meeting with envoys from the Quint group, which comprises the US, the UK, France, Germany, and Italy. “I reiterated Serbia's views on the latest events in Kosovo and Metohija and requested that KFOR take care of all security issues in the north of Kosovo instead of Kurti's police," he wrote on Instagram, referring to Kosovo’s prime minister, Albin Kurti.
Both statements came after one of Kurti’s policemen and three Serbs were shot dead in the village of Banjska on Sunday. Vucic claims that a group of Serbs were setting up a barricade to fend off raids by Kurti’s forces when these forces provoked a shootout. Kurti claims that a group of 30 Serb gunmen fired first, killing the police officer before occupying a monastery for several hours and then retreating on foot.
Kurti called the gunmen “Serbian state-backed troops,” while Vucic denied any connection between the group and Belgrade. The Serbian leader stated that “Kurti is the only one to blame” for the fatal altercation, adding that “his only desire is to drag us into a war with NATO.”
Despite the long-standing animosity between Serbia and NATO, Vucic views KFOR as less threatening to Kosovo’s Serb minority than Kurti’s forces. Had KFOR encountered the Serb barricades on Sunday instead of Kosovo police, he argued on Sunday, “there would have been much fewer victims.”
READ MORE: NATO cheerleader calls for new bombing of Belgrade
However, KFOR “gave Kurti a ‘carte blanche’, as they say, to deal with the terrorists and kill as many people as possible,” Vucic added.
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Albanian and Serbian leaders demand NATO intervention in Kosovo
Edi Rama and Aleksandar Vucic have both argued Western peacekeepers will do a better job than Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian police
NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldiers stand behind a barbed wire perimeter around the municipal building in Zvecan, Kosovo, June 2, 2023 © AFP
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic have both called on NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) to take over policing duties in the Serb-populated northern regions of Kosovo, after a deadly shootout between Kosovo police and armed Serbs.
“KFOR must take control of the north of Kosovo,” Rama said at a press conference in Tirana on Thursday. “It is a proposal that I have made before,” he continued, adding that “even some voices have asked for it from the Serbian side.”
Rama claimed that should KFOR fail to intervene now, the Serb minority in northern Kosovo will eventually launch an attack on Kosovo police necessitating a far larger intervention by the NATO mission in future.
Kosovo has been occupied by around 5,000 NATO troops since 1999, when the Western bloc launched an air war against Serbia on behalf of ethnic Albanian terrorists, who claim sovereignty over the historic Serbian province. Kosovo declared independence in 2008, a move that Serbia, along with Russia and around half of all UN states, do not recognize.
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NATO peacekeepers gave Kosovo ‘carte blanche’ to kill Serbs – Vucic
In Belgrade, Vucic issued a similar call on Tuesday after a meeting with envoys from the Quint group, which comprises the US, the UK, France, Germany, and Italy. “I reiterated Serbia's views on the latest events in Kosovo and Metohija and requested that KFOR take care of all security issues in the north of Kosovo instead of Kurti's police," he wrote on Instagram, referring to Kosovo’s prime minister, Albin Kurti.
Both statements came after one of Kurti’s policemen and three Serbs were shot dead in the village of Banjska on Sunday. Vucic claims that a group of Serbs were setting up a barricade to fend off raids by Kurti’s forces when these forces provoked a shootout. Kurti claims that a group of 30 Serb gunmen fired first, killing the police officer before occupying a monastery for several hours and then retreating on foot.
Kurti called the gunmen “Serbian state-backed troops,” while Vucic denied any connection between the group and Belgrade. The Serbian leader stated that “Kurti is the only one to blame” for the fatal altercation, adding that “his only desire is to drag us into a war with NATO.”
Despite the long-standing animosity between Serbia and NATO, Vucic views KFOR as less threatening to Kosovo’s Serb minority than Kurti’s forces. Had KFOR encountered the Serb barricades on Sunday instead of Kosovo police, he argued on Sunday, “there would have been much fewer victims.”
READ MORE: NATO cheerleader calls for new bombing of Belgrade
However, KFOR “gave Kurti a ‘carte blanche’, as they say, to deal with the terrorists and kill as many people as possible,” Vucic added.
Mike
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rt.com 30 Oct, 2023 06:30
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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu delivers speech at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum © Social media
The West is now seeking to expand the current European conflict, that it is responsible for, to Asia, Russia's Defense Minister has warned. Sergey Shoigu was speaking at China’s biggest annual military diplomacy event, the Beijing Xiangshan Forum, on Monday.
“Having orchestrated an acute crisis in Europe, the West is now looking at potentially spreading it to the Asia-Pacific region, and what’s more, in several directions,” Shoigu said.
The minister stressed that the direct involvement of the nuclear-armed states in the confrontation will amplify “strategic risks.”
Shoigu noted that lately the West has been actively pursuing the possibility of deploying its military to the region, on the premise of creating “a joined Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific security alliance,” which would justify the presence of NATO military bases in Asia.
According to the minister, such an approach drastically undermines the principle of unified security, promoted by Russia and China, which Chinese President Xi Jinping calls “a community of shared future.”
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West using Ukraine as ‘battering ram’ against Russia – Shoigu
Russia - China relations are becoming increasingly more appealing to other countries, said Shoigu, adding that “the circle of our friends and like-minded people who do not want to be drawn into the confrontational agenda imposed by the collective West is invariably growing.”
Tensions in the Asia-Pacific region have been rising recently, fueled by the standoff over Taiwan between the US and China, which considers the self-governing island to be part of its sovereign territory and has conducted numerous military exercises in the area. Washington recently approved the sale of $440 million worth of military equipment to Taiwan, a move strongly condemned in Beijing.
Meanwhile, the Korean Peninsula has emerged as another flashpoint in the region, with North Korea repeatedly conducting missile tests in response to joint South Korea-US military exercises.
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West aims to spread military conflict to Asia-Pacific – Shoigu
The “indivisible alliance” that NATO is trying to impose violates the principle of global security, the defense minister has claimed
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu delivers speech at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum © Social media
The West is now seeking to expand the current European conflict, that it is responsible for, to Asia, Russia's Defense Minister has warned. Sergey Shoigu was speaking at China’s biggest annual military diplomacy event, the Beijing Xiangshan Forum, on Monday.
“Having orchestrated an acute crisis in Europe, the West is now looking at potentially spreading it to the Asia-Pacific region, and what’s more, in several directions,” Shoigu said.
The minister stressed that the direct involvement of the nuclear-armed states in the confrontation will amplify “strategic risks.”
Shoigu noted that lately the West has been actively pursuing the possibility of deploying its military to the region, on the premise of creating “a joined Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific security alliance,” which would justify the presence of NATO military bases in Asia.
According to the minister, such an approach drastically undermines the principle of unified security, promoted by Russia and China, which Chinese President Xi Jinping calls “a community of shared future.”
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West using Ukraine as ‘battering ram’ against Russia – Shoigu
Russia - China relations are becoming increasingly more appealing to other countries, said Shoigu, adding that “the circle of our friends and like-minded people who do not want to be drawn into the confrontational agenda imposed by the collective West is invariably growing.”
Tensions in the Asia-Pacific region have been rising recently, fueled by the standoff over Taiwan between the US and China, which considers the self-governing island to be part of its sovereign territory and has conducted numerous military exercises in the area. Washington recently approved the sale of $440 million worth of military equipment to Taiwan, a move strongly condemned in Beijing.
Meanwhile, the Korean Peninsula has emerged as another flashpoint in the region, with North Korea repeatedly conducting missile tests in response to joint South Korea-US military exercises.
Mike
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Grootste militaire NAVO-oefening in decennia: 90.000 militairen doen mee
De training, die Steadfast Defender 24 heet, duurt van februari tot in mei en is vooral bedoeld om de dreiging van Rusland het hoofd te bieden.
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Dorothé
Godsgeschenk
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Ze noemen het een oefening, maar is het niet gewoon de militairen de oorlog in duwen?NOS
Grootste militaire NAVO-oefening in decennia: 90.000 militairen doen mee
De training, die Steadfast Defender 24 heet, duurt van februari tot in mei en is vooral bedoeld om de dreiging van Rusland het hoofd te bieden.
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Mike
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Ruim 5000 Nederlandse militairen bij grootste NAVO-oefening sinds Koude Oorlog
Ruim 5000 Nederlandse militairen bij grootste NAVO-oefening sinds Koude Oorlog
Nederland is zich volop aan het voorbereiden op de 'grootste NAVO-oefening in tientallen jaren', die vandaag is begonnen. Defensie stuurt duizenden militairen van de marine en de landmacht, en er wordt - verdeeld over Europa - ook veel materieel ingezet.
Mike
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NAVO-benoeming Rutte komt steeds dichterbij, 'maar het moet niet te lang duren'
Na een tumultueuze NAVO-week komen de ministers van Defensie bij elkaar in Brussel. De mogelijke benoeming van Mark Rutte staat niet op de agenda, maar er zal zeker over gesproken worden in de wandelgangen.
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