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Turkey takes command of KFOR, what effect will it have for Kosovo and Serbia?

2023-10-06 17:19:22Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Turkey takes command of KFOR, what effect will it have for Kosovo and Serbia?
Kfor in Kosovo

On October 10, Turkey will take over command of NATO forces in Kosovo from Italy, said Turkish Defense Ministry spokesman Rear Admiral Zeki Akturk.

As Bloomberg reports, Turkey has good relations with both sides, having developed commercial ties with Serbia, while on the other hand it supplies Kosovo with combat drones.

Turkey sees President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's personal relationship with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic as potentially key to preventing an escalation of violence following last week's attack in the village of Banjska, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The US called on Serbia to withdraw its troops from the border and hold responsible the organizers of the violence in which a Kosovo policeman and three other people were killed.

The European Union has also expressed the same.

Turkey plans to call on Serbia and Kosovo to refrain from actions that could destroy years of efforts to normalize relations, unnamed sources told Bloomberg.

Turkish Army Major General Ozkan Ulutas arrived in Kosovo on Tuesday to take command of the mission, which includes around 600 Turkish forces.

Currently, about 3,500 NATO soldiers are deployed in Kosovo, which is a significant decrease compared to the 50,000 that were at the height of the Alliance's presence in that country.

Italian farewell

KFOR commander, Italian general Angelo Michele Ristuccia announced today that additional troops from Romania and "other allied countries" will soon arrive in Kosovo.

At the farewell press conference in Pristina, on the eve of leaving the position of KFOR commander, Ristuccia estimated that it is necessary to increase the troops in Kosovo so that the mission can fulfill its mandate. He has assessed that the recent incidents in the north of Kosovo "show that the situation is still unstable and that it can quickly become tense".

"Only a political solution can guarantee stable peace in the Balkan region", declared the Italian general and reiterated the support of the KFOR mission for the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo with the aim of normalizing relations.

Ristuccia assessed that Kosovo is now calmer than in the past days, but also warned that destabilization could occur if both parties "do not sit down at the negotiating table to discuss a political solution."

Asked about the possibility of building a new military base in Kosovo, the Italian general said that he does not see it as necessary.


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