Washington [US], June 1: NATO announced that it will send more troops to Kosovo amid the violent protests that have not shown any signs of abating.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) peacekeepers on May 31 continued to guard town halls in Kosovo
The sentries came as protesters outside the town hall in the Zvecan region smashed the windows of a police car and two cars owned by Kosovo media.
NATO troops also stood guard outside a town hall in Leposavic, the site of Serb protests against the appointment of many Albanian officials as regional mayors.
"Although (regional leaders) may have been legally elected, we do not consider their election to be legitimate," said Dragan, an ethnic Serb in Kosovo.
Unrest in the region has increased since the April elections, after the head of Kosovo's executive branch AlbinKurti decided to appoint a series of ethnic Albanian mayors in areas populated by Serbs. , according to CNN.
Recent disturbances in Kosovo have also prompted NATO to send more troops to the region. The alliance says it will send 700 more troops into Kosovo, bringing NATO's number there to 4,700.
The West also continues to criticize Kosovo for "not doing enough" to stop the violence. US Ambassador to Serbia Christopher Hill said on May 31 that Washington may take additional actions but declined to elaborate.
"We want more progress in Kosovo, we want to form an association of Serb municipalities, we want to normalize the commitments of the two sides, including Serbia," Mr Hill told reporters. member in Belgrade.
Source: ThanhNien Newspaper