for mr kurti equally clear. does it really matter beyond the two men s hostility towards each other? how disturbing is that for the balkans generally? when there s an actual war going on in ukraine, you do not want a frozen conflict flaring up in the western balkans. that s a distraction that the united states and the european union simply don t need at this time. now, the presence of the nato peacekeepers in kosovo to a great extent keeps everyone honest. in fact, the commander of kfor said that if kfor hadn t been there, there might be actual conflict now. so it s doing itsjob. it s making sure that, for example, serbia doesn t feel like it can send troops into north kosovo to defend ethnic serbs. you are stuck to a degree in the 1990s, like the rhetoric of these two politicians. you can t move forward. you can t move forward towards european union membership. you can t move forward in kosovo s case to wider
many countries as a terrorist organisation, the kosovo liberation army. and he makes his contempt for mr kurti equally clear. does it really matter beyond the two men s hostility towards each other? how disturbing is that for the balkans generally? when there s an actual war going on in ukraine, you do not want a frozen conflict flaring up in the western balkans. that s a distraction that the united states and the european union simply don t need at this time. now, the presence of the nato peacekeepers in kosovo to a great extent keeps everyone honest. in fact, the commander of kfor said that if kfor hadn t been there, there might be actual conflict now. so it s doing itsjob. it s making sure that, for example, serbia doesn t feel like it can send troops into north kosovo to defend ethnic serbs. you are stuck to a degree in the 1990s, like the rhetoric
when there s an actual war going on in ukraine, you do not want a frozen conflict flaring up in the western balkans. that s a distraction that the united states and the european union simply don t need at this time. now, the presence of the nato peacekeepers in kosovo to a great extent keeps everyone honest. in fact, the commander of kfor said that if kfor hadn t been there, there might be actual conflict now. so it s doing itsjob. it s making sure that, for example, serbia doesn t feel like it can send troops into north kosovo to defend ethnic serbs. you are stuck to a degree in the 1990s, like the rhetoric of these two politicians. you can t move forward. you can t move forward towards european union membership. in kosovo s case to wider recognition around the world and united nations membership. so as these disputes rumble on, the real consequences are there for ordinary people living in kosovo and serbia.
A Turkish commando battalion has arrived in northern Kosovo in response to a request from NATO for more troops to help quell violent unrest between ethnic Serbs and Albanians.