"NATO" is ready to intervene its force in Kosovo due to the unrest on the border with Serbia

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Wednesday after a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that the NATO force in Kosovo (KFOR) "is ready to intervene if stability is threatened" due to unrest on the border with Serbia.

"I spoke with President Vucic of Serbia about the tensions in northern Kosovo," Stoltenberg announced in a Twitter message.

He stressed that "all parties to participate constructively in the dialogue led by the European Union and resolve differences through diplomatic means. KFOR is ready to intervene if stability is threatened in accordance with the mandate of the United Nations."

The alliance said the NATO force in Kosovo includes 3,775 soldiers from 28 countries.

Its mission is to provide a safe environment and ensure freedom of movement "for the benefit of all components of the people of Kosovo".

On Tuesday, Stoltenberg spoke with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti to stress the need to avoid unilateral actions.

Pristina's decision to impose temporary residence permits on people entering Kosovo with a Serbian identity card and to compel Kosovo Serbs to replace their car registration plates with those of the Republic of Kosovo led to violence.

Belgrade has never recognized the independence that Kosovo declared in 2008 after a decade of bloody war that left 13,000 people dead, most of them Kosovar Albanians.

Since then, the region has witnessed unrest from time to time.

The Pristina authorities, under pressure from Western powers, especially the United States, an ally of Kosovo, decided to postpone for a month until September, the entry into force of the new rules on the border with Serbia.

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