Official: NATO Expects Serbia to Get Behind EU Plan for Kosovo

NATO deputy assistant general secretary Javier Colomina, Belgrade, Feb. 13 2023 (BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV)

NATO deputy assistant general secretary Javier Colomina said in Belgrade on Feb. 13 that NATO supported the European Union plan for Kosovo and expected support to that proposal from Serbia, too.

After meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, Colomina told reporters that he had made the message "very clear" to Serbia's top officials, adding that he would do the same with officials in Pristina.

"We know the proposal is on the table -- the French-German proposal, the EU proposal. NATO very much supports the EU's efforts in this respect. I delivered the message to President Vucic and Minister Dacic very clearly that NATO will support that plan and therefore expects Serbia to get behind it," Colomina said.

Colomina said he had told Vucic and Dacic that KFOR mission forces were "ready" and would "continue to act in line with the mandate envisaged by Resolution 1244," and would remain in Kosovo "as long as there is need."

Vucic said regular dialogue between Serbian representatives and the officials of NATO political and military structures contributed to building mutual trust, the Serbian presidency said in a press release.

KFOR members contribute to maintaining peace and stability in Kosovo with their professionalism, he said, which are threatened by Pristina's unilateral actions.