NATO Warns Kosovo Against Taking ‘Destabilizing Steps’ Amid Serbia Tensions

Serbian army self-propelled 155 mm gun-howitzers on position near administrative line with Kosovo, south Serbia, on Dec. 26, 2022. Serbian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

NATO has warned Kosovo against taking “destabilizing steps” after clashes erupted between Kosovan police and ethnic Serbs who tried to block newly elected Albanian mayors from entering municipal buildings.

“Pristina must de-escalate [and] not take unilateral, destabilizing steps,” NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg stated on Twitter on May 28, referring to the capital city of Kosovo.