PRI07- 20000221-KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, KOSOVO, YUOSLAVIA: French KFOR soldiers push back ethnic Albanians, who wave Albanian national flags, to block them from crossing the bridge in Kosovska Mitrovica which divides the town on Monday 21 February 2000. Thousands of ethnic Albanians clashed with the KFOR peacekeepers on Monday who used tear gas to prevent them from entering the Serb dominated part of the town. The clashes in the troubled town started after a protest against the ethnic division. EPA PHOTO EPA/VALDRIN XHEMAJ/AK/fob

NATO will not reduce its presence in Kosovo for now

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KFOR commander General Salvatore Cuoci said that NATO does not intend to reduce the presence of its peacekeeping troops in Kosovo. On Sunday he also said that “the overall situation in Kosovo is stable and peaceful despite the recent events in the north”, a reference to the recent murder of Oliver Ivanovic. Concerning the transformation of the Kosovo Security Force into an army, Cuoci said that this should be implemented “through constitutional changes”.

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