NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Sunday said he spoke to EU High Representative Josep Borrell about the current situation in Kosovo.
“Pristina and Belgrade must engage in the EU-led dialogue now, as the only way to peace and normalization,” he said on his twitter account.
“Pristina must de-escalate & not take unilateral, destabilizing steps,” stressed Stoltenberg.
He added that NATO’s military mission in Kosovo, called KFOR, will continue to ensure a safe and secure environment.
The Kosovo police on Friday clashed with ethnic Serb protestors in northern Kosovo who were trying to prevent recently elected ethnic-Albanian officials from entering municipal buildings.
Serbia ordered its army to move closer to the border with Kosovo and urged NATO to urgently stop violence against local Serbs in Kosovo.
Ethnic Albanians make up more than 90 pct of the population in Kosovo, with Serbs in the majority only in the northern region.
NATO deployed into Kosovo in 1999, in the wake of a 78-day air campaign against the then regime of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic.
KFOR now consists of approximately 3,700 troops to help maintain a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for all people and communities in Kosovo.
Kosovo declared its independence from Serbian rule in 2008 but Serbia has refused to recognize its independence.
Source: Kuwait News Agency