NATO will not remove troops from Kosovo
NATO does not intend to reduce the number of troops in Kosovo after the closing of the International Civilian Office (ICO).
(KosovoCompromisStuff) Tuesday, September 11, 2012
This is according to the western military alliance's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who spoke on Monday.
"Our strategy will not change and the number of NATO troops will remain the same," Rasmussen told a news conference at the NATO seat in Brussels.
The ICO shutdown is seen as "the end of the supervised and the beginning of full independence for Kosovo" - which Pristina is celebrating on Monday with a series of ceremonies.
KFOR will remain in Kosovo together with the EU mission, EULEX, whose mandate was recently extended by another two years.
