PRISTINA, March 21 (Hina) - The situation in Kosovo is returning to normal and not one incident has taken place in the last 24 hours, officials of international peacekeepers in the province told a press conference in Pristina on
Sunday.
PRISTINA, March 21 (Hina) - The situation in Kosovo is returning to
normal and not one incident has taken place in the last 24 hours,
officials of international peacekeepers in the province told a press
conference in Pristina on Sunday.#L#
All roads in Kosovo are open for traffic but the NATO-led Kosovo Force
(KFOR) has set up numerous checkpoints along them. Peacekeepers are
patrolling the towns.
KFOR spokesman Jim Moran said that tanks and armoured vehicles had
been replaced by lighter vehicles. The peacekeeping troops are
determined to step up security in Kosovo and KFOR will use force if
necessary to protect its troops and Kosovo's citizens, he added.
The spokesman for the United Nations Mission police, Derek Chappell,
said a certain number of persons had been arrested after this week's
clashes but that investigations would be carried out after the
security and safety situation was better.
It was announced that the international prosecutor in Kosovo would
investigate the drowning of three ethnic Albanian children in Ibar
river which incited this week's clashes between Serbs and ethnic
Albanians.
The U.N. Mission's office in charge of displaced persons said today
this week's incidents displaced 3,226 persons. Some people have
started returning to their homes while about 1,000 are still
accommodated in KFOR bases, it added.
Office representative Peggy Hick said the U.N. Mission welcomed the
Kosovo government's decision to set up a special fund for the
reconstruction of houses and culture and religious buildings damaged
during this week's clashes.
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