NATO to discuss troop reduction in Kosovo
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Brussels on Monday that the NATO defense ministers will discuss troop reduction in Kosovo.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, June 08, 2010
The meeting in scheduled for June 11-12.
The representatives of the countries whose troops are involved in the NATO mission in Kosovo (KFOR) will discuss the future of the mission, says an announcement posted on the NATO website.
The first step in turning KFOR into a smaller, more mobile deterrent force has already been completed successfully, Rasmussen told a news conference ahead of the meeting.
The secretary general described that as encouraging, especially since the meeting will review the next step to be taken, probably over the course of this year.
The decision to reduce the number of NATO troops in Kosovo, which was made in July 2009 and resulted in a drop from 15,000 to 10,000 stationed troops in January this year, was explained to be a result of an improved security situation in the territory.
