DefMin: Pristina arming forces, Serbian military has response

The Defense Minister said that the Serbian military is drafting operational plans, conducting additional training and setting up military equipment adequate for the potential danger. “We absolutely have a response to this,” he told the pro-regime TV Prva.

He said that the KSF is being armed as part of the attempts to transform into a military force. “Besides the drones which were donated by Turkey, they received other systems – howitzers, mortars, a very powerful anti-armor system, offensive systems. They are sending their officers and non-coms to NATO countries for training and they have joint exercises,” he said.

“We are carefully watching what is happening in our backyard that could set the whole house on fire,” he said adding that Pristina’s weapons “can’t compare with the military potential of the Serbian military (VS) but that these are “clear indications that they have a strategy to develop their military in Kosovo”. “We are stronger but that does not mean that we don’t understand and are not following what is happening around us,” he said.