{"id":7294,"date":"2023-05-27T13:01:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T12:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=7294"},"modified":"2025-10-18T08:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:35:52","slug":"nato-urges-kosovo-to-dial-down-tensions-with-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/diplomatic-world\/nato-urges-kosovo-to-dial-down-tensions-with-serbia\/2023\/05\/27\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO urges Kosovo to dial down tensions with Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRUSSELS<\/span>\u00a0(AP)<\/span> –<\/span> The<\/span> North<\/span> Atlantic<\/span> Treaty<\/span> Organization<\/span> (NATO)<\/span> eased<\/span> tensions<\/span> with<\/span> Serbia<\/span>\u00a0,<\/span> a<\/span> day<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> government<\/span> violently<\/span> seized<\/span> a<\/span> city<\/span> hall<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> country’s<\/span> northern<\/span> ethnic<\/span> Serb<\/span> region<\/span> to<\/span> install<\/span> a<\/span> mayor.<\/span><\/p>\n

As<\/span> a<\/span> result,<\/span> after<\/span> Friday’s<\/span> clashes<\/span> between<\/span> Kosovar<\/span> police<\/span> and<\/span> demonstrators<\/span> against<\/span> the<\/span> Albanian<\/span> mayor,<\/span> Serbia<\/span> has<\/span> put<\/span> its<\/span> troops<\/span> into<\/span> full<\/span> combat<\/span> readiness<\/span> and<\/span> moved<\/span> troops<\/span> closer<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> border.<\/span><\/p>\n

Transatlantic<\/span> Military<\/span> Alliance<\/span> spokeswoman<\/span> Oana<\/span> Lungescu<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> Twitter<\/span> post:<\/span> “We<\/span> urge<\/span> Kosovar<\/span> authorities<\/span> to<\/span> immediately<\/span> de-escalate<\/span> the<\/span> situation<\/span> and<\/span> call<\/span> on<\/span> all<\/span> parties<\/span> to<\/span> resolve<\/span> the<\/span> situation<\/span> through<\/span> dialogue.”<\/span>\u00a0
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>He<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> 3,800-strong<\/span> NATO-led<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> peacekeeping<\/span> force<\/span> KFOR<\/span> will<\/span> remain<\/span> vigilant.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Tensions<\/span> continued<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> north,<\/span> with<\/span> heavily<\/span> armed<\/span> police<\/span> in<\/span> armored<\/span> vehicles<\/span> guarding<\/span> buildings<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> area.<\/span> Kosovo’s<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Alvin<\/span> Kurti<\/span> defended<\/span> the<\/span> actions<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> police<\/span> in<\/span> escorting<\/span> the<\/span> new<\/span> mayor<\/span> the<\/span> day<\/span> before.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cIt<\/span> is<\/span> the<\/span> right<\/span> of<\/span> democratically<\/span> elected<\/span> persons<\/span> to<\/span> come<\/span> to<\/span> power<\/span> without<\/span> intimidation<\/span> or<\/span> intimidation.<\/span> It<\/span> is<\/span> also<\/span> the<\/span> right<\/span> of<\/span> citizens<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> served<\/span> by<\/span> these<\/span> elected<\/span> officials,\u201d<\/span> said<\/span> Kurti<\/span>.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>U.S.<\/span> Secretary<\/span> of<\/span> State<\/span> Antony<\/span> Brinken<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> criticized<\/span> the<\/span> Kurti<\/span> government’s<\/span> actions<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> north,<\/span> calling<\/span> it<\/span> “unnecessarily<\/span> escalating<\/span> tensions<\/span> and<\/span> undermining<\/span> our<\/span> efforts<\/span> to<\/span> normalize<\/span> relations<\/span> between<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> and<\/span> Serbia.<\/span> It<\/span> will<\/span> affect<\/span> relationships,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Nearly<\/span> a<\/span> decade<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> war,<\/span> Serbs<\/span> in<\/span> northern<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> have<\/span> not<\/span> accepted<\/span> Kosovo’s<\/span> declaration<\/span> of<\/span> independence<\/span> from<\/span> Serbia<\/span> in<\/span> 2008<\/span> and<\/span> still<\/span> consider<\/span> Belgrade<\/span> as<\/span> their<\/span> capital.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Albanians<\/span> make<\/span> up<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 90%<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> population<\/span> in<\/span> Kosovo,<\/span> with<\/span> Serbs<\/span> making<\/span> up<\/span> the<\/span> majority<\/span> only<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> northern<\/span> regions.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BRUSSELS\u00a0(AP) – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) eased tensions with Serbia\u00a0, a day after the Kosovo government violently seized a city hall in the country’s northern ethnic Serb region to install a mayor. As a result, after Friday’s clashes between Kosovar police and demonstrators against the Albanian mayor, Serbia has put its troops into […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[9925,24,26,276],"tags":[5455,5456,5458,5459,5463,602,5527,603,5528,5445,5529,5446,5530,5447,5531,5448,5532,5449,5533,5450,5534,5452,5453,5454],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/kosvo.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7302,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294\/revisions\/7302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}