SARAJEVO, March 18 (Hina) - A US military unit from the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in Bosnia-Herzegovina the size of a company was sent to Kosovo on Thursday morning to help stabilise the situation in the province, SFOR spokesman Dave
Sullivan said in Sarajevo.
SARAJEVO, March 18 (Hina) - A US military unit from the Stabilisation
Force (SFOR) in Bosnia-Herzegovina the size of a company was sent to
Kosovo on Thursday morning to help stabilise the situation in the
province, SFOR spokesman Dave Sullivan said in Sarajevo.#L#
The 100-strong unit was stationed in Tuzla, Sullivan told reporters,
adding that the US troops were sent to Kosovo because they were ready
for immediate action.
Sullivan also announced for today the departure of at least 80 Italian
troops from a special unit which operates as part of SFOR.
The Italian troops are trained for the prevention of incidents and
mass demonstrations.
The deployment of SFOR troops in Kosovo will not affect in any way
NATO's ability to preserve peace and stability in Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Sullivan said.
SFOR is currently considering other plans of action and possible
deployment of more troops in Kosovo, he said.
The President of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sulejman Tihic,
expressed hope today that the escalation of violence in Kosovo would
not affect the situation in Bosnia, but warned that there there was a
certain concern about such a possibility.
The media in Bosnia today bring extensive reports about the events in
Kosovo, as well as about the burning of mosques and attacks on Muslim
religious buildings in Belgrade and Nis.
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