{"id":32313,"date":"2022-02-28T14:28:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T13:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=32313"},"modified":"2022-02-28T14:29:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T13:29:33","slug":"vucic-reacts-to-kosovos-request-to-speed-of-accession-to-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/vucic-reacts-to-kosovos-request-to-speed-of-accession-to-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Vucic reacts to Kosovo\u2019s request to speed up accession to NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serbian president Alexandar Vucic reacted to Kosovo\u2019s request to speed up the process of accession into NATO and said that Serbia \u201cwill always respect international law and the territorial integrity of Serbia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t an idea of Albanians in Kosovo, but an idea of politicians in the United States,\u201d \u2013 said Vucic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is how they want to force 4 countries of the EU that are members of NATO to recognize the independence of Kosovo. We aren\u2019t na\u00efve. Serbia will comply with international law; we will respect our territorial integrity,\u201d \u2013 said Vucic during a press conference on the situation in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>While commenting on the current conflict, Vucic said that Serbia is facing major pressure to impose sanctions on Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kosovo\u2019s defense minister Armend Mehaj, called for Kosovo\u2019s immediate membership into NATO, following the Russian incursion in Ukraine which could be putting Kosovo at a greater risk. In addition, he asked the US to set up a permanent military base within Kosovo territory.<\/p>\n<p>Kosovo isn\u2019t a NATO member but the peacekeeping KFOR mission has deployed around 3.746 troops in the country from around 28 different countries.<\/p>\n<p>NATO forces have been present in Kosovo since June 1999, after the end of the war and the withdrawal of Serbian forces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/good-morning\/2022\/02\/25\/were-in-a-state-of-shock-from-shelling-ukrainian-girls-tell-euronews-albania\/\">\u2018We\u2019re in a state of shock from shelling\u2019, Ukrainian girls tell Euronews Albania<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/25\/albania-condemns-attack-on-ukraine-says-mimi-kodheli\/\">Albania condemns attack on Ukraine, says Mimi Kodheli<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/02\/25\/kosovo-introduces-sanctions-on-russia\/\">Kosovo introduces sanctions on Russia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serbian president Alexandar Vucic reacted to Kosovo\u2019s request to speed up the process of accession into NATO and said that Serbia \u201cwill always respect international law and the territorial integrity of Serbia\u201d. \u201cThis isn\u2019t an idea of Albanians in Kosovo, but an idea of politicians in the United States,\u201d \u2013 said Vucic. \u201cThis is how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":32314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[308,300,151,791,301,285,490,787,637],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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