Spiegel: Germany to send 150 troops to participate in NATO Kosovo Force

Shebnem Ayyubova
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The German government, due to growing tensions between Serbia and unrecognized Kosovo, has decided to increase the Bundeswehr contingent participating in the NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR) and send an additional 150 military personnel, according to Der Spiegel, Report informs referring to TASS.

This week, the German authorities approved plans to send additional Bundeswehr troops to Pristina in 2024.

It is expected that 150 troops will replace the Austrian military there in April 2024. Vienna some time ago already sent a request to Berlin about whether Germany could do this.

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