The United States urged Belgrade to pull its forces back from the border with Kosovo on Friday after detecting what it called an 'unprecedented' Serbian military build-up.
The United States urged Belgrade to pull its forces back from the border with Kosovo on Friday after detecting what it called an"unprecedented" Serbian military build-up.
"We are monitoring a large Serbian military deployment along the border with Kosovo," White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan also spoke with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and"expressed concern about Serbian military mobilizations," according to a readout of the call.
"I have denied untruths where they talk about the highest level of combat readiness of our forces, because I simply did not sign that and it is not accurate," Vucic told reporters.Serbia said Wednesday that the defense minister and head of the armed forces had gone to visit a"deployment zone" but gave no further details. The clashes on Sunday began when heavily armed Serb gunmen ambushed a patrol a few miles from the Serbian border, killing a Kosovo police officer.
Kirby said the attack had a"very high level of sophistication", involving around 20 vehicles,"military-grade" weapons, equipment and training.The NATO peacekeeping force known as KFOR would be"increasing its presence" following the attack, Kirby added.
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