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Osmani meets NATO admiral, tells him about "continuous threats" from Serbia!
2025-10-04 15:32:31 / KOSOVA
Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani stressed during a meeting with a NATO admiral on Friday in Pristina that her country faces "continuous threats" from Serbia, the Kosovo Presidency said.
In a meeting with the commander of NATO's Allied Joint Forces Command in Naples, Admiral Stuart B. Munsch, Osmani "highlighted the security challenges in the north of the country and the ongoing threats from Serbia," the Presidency said in a statement.
Osmani also underlined the importance of the role of the NATO peacekeeping mission in the country, KFOR, as an important factor in preventing escalation and maintaining peace.
"In this context, she reiterated that the relationship between Kosovo's security institutions and KFOR is vital for the joint mission of stability and security in the country," the announcement said.
KFOR is the third security responder in Kosovo, after the Kosovo Police and the European Union rule of law mission, EULEX.
The NATO mission, among other things, is responsible for security on the border between Kosovo and Serbia.
Tensions between Kosovo and Serbia have been high, especially since late 2023, when the Kosovo Police were attacked by a group of armed Serbs in the Serb-majority north.
A Kosovo policeman and three Serb attackers were killed in that attack in the village of Banjska, Zvecan, and responsibility for it was claimed by Milan Radoićić, former deputy leader of the largest Serb party in Kosovo, the Serbian List.
Kosovo called the attack a terrorist attack and blamed Serbia, but Belgrade has denied any involvement.
NATO increased its presence in Kosovo during 2023, following rising tensions in the Serb-majority north, and now has 4,649 peacekeepers from 33 countries.
This is not the first time that President Osmani has accused Serbia of posing a danger to Kosovo, as she has repeatedly said so recently.
She said this on Friday morning when she spoke during the change of command ceremony of the KFOR commander, as well as during her visits to Denmark on Thursday and to the United States last week.
At the start of the European Political Community summit in Denmark on Thursday, Osmani told reporters that Russia poses a threat to Europe, while Serbia poses a threat to the Western Balkans region, accusing Belgrade of copying Moscow's actions.
Responding to Osman's accusations, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said late Friday that "everyone is preparing for war" and that Kosovo is "trying to use this time before the war" to convince most European and NATO countries to side with Pristina.
Vučić did not provide any evidence to support his claims that there would be a war. He added that Serbia would "do its utmost" not to participate in that war./ REL
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