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KFOR commander “concerned” over north

KFOR Commander Markus Bentler has stated that NATO is very concerned over the situation in northern Kosovo. “There is no positive development and we call upon all citizens to show restraint from any violent acts,” Bentler said.

“Integrity of Kosovo guaranteed”

NATO-led KFOR Commander Markus Bentler says that there will be no partition of Kosovo. “The integrity of Kosovo,” the German general said, “is guaranteed by the Kumanovo Treaty”.

Kosovo police to patrol border with Albania

KFOR commander Markus Bentler says international peacekeeping forces would cede control over the Albanian border to the Kosovo police, KPS, late in April.

After meeting with U.S. Adm. Mark Fitzgerald, chief of NATO’s Joint Forces Command Naples, Bentler said KFOR would continue to transfer responsibilities to the Kosovo police as part of the withdrawal of KFOR from the border area.

KFOR: Kosovska Mitrovica is key

KFOR Commander Markus Bentler said that solving the problems in Kosovska Mitrovica is the “key to many problems” in Kosovo. He also said that KFOR would remain neutral.

“KFOR won’t interfere in political processes”

KFOR commander Markus Bentler says that the NATO-led mission will not interfere in the political processes in Kosovo. According to a Tanjug news agency report today, the German general pointed out that KFOR was impartial and that, according to UN SC Resolution 1244, its duty was to secure a safe environment in all parts of Kosovo.

KFOR commander in Serb monastery

KFOR Commander Markus Bentler on Thursday visited the Serb Orthodox monastery of Visoki Dečani one hour after President Boris Tadić left. A protest organized over Tadić’s visit by ethnic Albanians in the village of Dečani was an isolated case and that KFOR was capable of maintaining security in Kosovo, the German general told Tanjug news agency.

“No outside threat to Kosovo”

KFOR Commander Markus Bentler said that there are no threats from the outside against Kosovo. The German general assessed that the problems are “possible ethnic tension and the situation in the north”.