NATO ready to step up forces if Serbia-Kosovo tensions escalate

BRUSSELS --- NATO will increase its peacekeeping force in Kosovo if there is an escalation of tensions with neighboring Serbia, the alliance's chief said on Wednesday on the eve of EU-facilitated talks between the estranged western Balkan neighbors. "We have now a significant mission, a military presence in Kosovo close to 4,000 troops," Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference after talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Brussels, who stood alongside him. "If needed, we will move forces, deploy them where needed, and increase our presence. We have already increased the presence in the north. We are ready to do more." Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared this m...

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