« Kosovo Security Force » to enter into function on January 21
The NATO-trained "Kosovo Security Force" will enter into function on January 21, a day after its predecessor - the Kosovo Protection Corps - is dismantled, the Alliance spokesaman James Appathuray said on Wednesday.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Thursday, January 15, 2009
"On January 20 the KPC will be disbanded and on January 21 the Kosovo Security Force will be stood up," NATO spokesman James Appathurai told a news briefing.
NATO has said the locally recruited multi-ethnic force will have 2,500 personnel with 500 reservists and take several years to be fully operational. It will be lightly armed and initially take on tasks such as crisis response, civil protection and ordnance disposal.
Serbia is strongly opposed to the creation of the force, and it is joined by NATO members which have not recognized Kosovo, such as Spain, which vowed not to participate.
