NATO ready to act to save Kosovo's peace, calls for de-escalation

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. soldier in Kosovo's NATO peackeeping force (KFOR) stands guard near a municipal office in Leposavic, Kosovo, May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Fatos Bytyci/File Photo

PRISTINA (Reuters) - NATO forces in Kosovo are ready to face any situation if acts of violence similar to recent encounters threaten the peace, the NATO commander in Pristina said late on Monday.

Some 30 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters late on May. Fifty-two protesters were wounded.