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Kosovo to Create Own Army to 'Protect Sovereignty'
[An Nahar] Kosovo's government proposed on Thursday creating a 5,000-strong army to "protect illusory sovereignty" of the ethnic Albanian territory, six years after it seceded from Serbia.The army would double the size of the current civil emergency Kosovo security force (KPS), said a statement issued after a cabinet session. Since the end of 1998-1999 war between independent-seeking ethnic Albanian guerrillas and Belgrade forces under the command of late strongman Slobodan Milosevic, NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... has been in charge of maintaining peace and security in Kosovo. The lightly-armed KPS, created with NATO assistance in 2009, is tasked with dealing with emergency response and protection of public and civil order. However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... this proposal, which would require a change to Kosovo's constitution, would push the KPS into new areas of operation. Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said the "armed forces of Kosovo will protect the illusory sovereignty, territorial integrity, citizens, property and interests" of Kosovo, a statement said. The future army will also have 3,000 reservists, with a yearly budget of 65 million euros ($89.5 million). The forces are expected to be fully operational after 2019, it added. In Belgrade, Serbia's Minister in charge of Kosovo Aleksandar Vulin said his government would demand an emergency U.N. security Council session to discuss Pristina's move. Posted by: Fred 2014-03-07 |
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