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KFOR has temporarily suspended support, mentoring and training activities of the KFS

NATO ‘suspends’ relations with Kosovo force over show of weapons

Pristina - The NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR) said Sunday it has suspended relations with the local security force after it violated its status as an unarmed organization by displaying arms at a ceremony. The Kosovo Security Force (KSF) members took part in a March 5 ceremony celebrating the guerrilla army which fought the Serbian army and police in the 1990s.

“KFOR has temporarily suspended support, mentoring and training activities of the KFS ... in response to the appearance of an armed, military-style KSF honour guard during the Martyrs’ Commemoration Ceremony,” KFOR said in a statement.

“This is inconsistent with the non-military status of the KSF,” it said.

NATO intervened against Serbia in 1999, ousting Serb forces from Kosovo and paving the way for a United Nations administration and eventually, the declaration of independence by the mainly Albanian province in February 2008...more

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