Her government Serbia decided tonight, December 15, to make a formal request to return to Kosovo Serbian army and police. The decision was taken unanimously by the government council at an extraordinary meeting, which was also attended by the President of the Republic, Alexander Vučić.

The decision states that Serbia is asking the commander of the international peacekeeping force in Kosovo – KFOR to approve the return of a certain number – from hundreds to thousands – of Serbian soldiers and policemen, based on CA Resolution 1244. UN since 1999. The request has been sent electronically to the KFOR command and tomorrow morning it will be handed over personally by the envoy of the Serbian government to the commander of the international peacekeeping force in Kosovo.

Aleksandar Vučić said in an interview with the Public Television of Serbia (RTS) that Serbia decided for the first time to formally apply for a military presence in Kosovo so that in the future there would be no one who would say that they did not use it. Correctly. Vučić suggested that the request would not be accepted.

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