Serbia wants to annex part of Kosovo using 'Crimea model': president
Source: Reuters
Serbia plans to seize a slice of northern Kosovo just as Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea region in 2014, Kosovo's president told Reuters on Monday, as the two Balkan neighbors trade accusations of wanting to ignite a new regional war.
Kosovo special police units on Saturday prevented a train painted in Serbia's national colors and bearing the words "Kosovo is Serbia" from crossing the border.
Serbia does not recognize the independence of Kosovo, its former province, and did not seek Pristina's permission for the passage of the train, which it paid for and organized. On Sunday Serbia's president, Tomislav Nikolic, said Kosovo's action had shown it wanted war with Belgrade.
Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci said the train was aimed at "provoking" Kosovars in order to create a pretext for Serbia to intervene militarily and annex northern areas of Kosovo, home to some 50,000 ethnic Serbs who refuse to accept the province's independence and want to be governed again by Belgrade.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-serbia-kosovo-president-idUSKBN15022Y
NATO still has several thousand troops in Kosovo.
Serbia is allied with Russia, which doesn't recognize Kosovo.
Trump?????
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Although, most of them have been pretty quiet, as of late....
I wonder why?
