US peacekeepers ready to prevent violence in north Kosovo, commander says


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  • Friday, 16 Feb 2024

U.S. Col. Ross Walker, Commander of KFOR Regional Command East speaks during an interview with Reuters at camp Bondsteel in Sojevo, Kosovo February 15, 2024. REUTERS/Valdrin Xhemaj

LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo (Reuters) - U.S. peacekeeping troops in Kosovo are well equipped and stand ready to prevent violence in the country's ethnically divided north, often the scene of armed clashes in which most recently a policeman was killed, a commander told Reuters.

NATO has reinforced its presence with another 1,000 troops after violence last September during which the policeman was killed in a shootout between Kosovo police and gunmen who entered from Serbia.

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