NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana met at NATO headquarters on Tuesday with Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, who recently visited Belgrade and Pristina.
Ambassador Lajcak also briefed NATO ambassadors on recent developments in northern Kosovo and the EU’s current diplomatic efforts.
“The excellent, long-standing cooperation between NATO and the EU in the region continues to make a difference,” Deputy Secretary General Geoana said in a statement.
The NATO-led KFOR mission is taking all necessary actions to maintain a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for all people living in Kosovo and continues to act impartially, he said.
NATO reinforcements arrived in Kosovo on 5 June, following the unprovoked violence in which a number of KFOR peacekeepers were injured, noted the top NATO official.
Around 500 Turkish service members from Turkiye’s 65th mechanized infantry brigade make up the bulk of the NATO reinforcements.
The Turkish Battalion will be deployed in Kosovo for as long as necessary, he stressed.
NATO also continues to support the EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, which is the only way to lasting peace and security in Kosovo and stability across the region, said Geoana.
NATO’s KFOR mission has well over 4,000 troops in Kosovo.
Source: Kuwait News Agency