NATO "prepared to consider" scrapping GSZ

NATO is ready to "consider" Serbia's proposal to lift the military safety zone, GSZ, along the administrative line with Kosovo, reports say.

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NATO is ready to "consider" Serbia's proposal to lift the military safety zone, GSZ, along the administrative line with Kosovo, reports say. If Serbia tables such a suggestion, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said today in Brussels, "I am ready to consider it". NATO "prepared to consider" scrapping GSZ He offered a similar comment when reporters asked about the no-fly zone in the same region. Scheffer also spoke about the situating in Kosovo to say that NATO troops there, KFOR, and EU mission EULEX have "well-arranged cooperation", where "each has its own responsibility and role". "KFOR has the trust of all citizens in Kosovo, the majority and minorities alike, and I think that cooperation between Serbia and KFOR is good, so that EULEX and KFOR cooperation is developing well." However, he made it clear that the situation in Kosovo is "fragile and complex", and that it requires "step-by-step solutions". The initiative to cancel the safety zone first came from Serbia's top leadership late last year. The zone was set up after NATO troops entered Kosovo in the wake of the alliance's war against Serbia, and under the provisions of the military-technical agreement signed in Kumanovo by the Yugoslav Army (VJ) and NATO. The Ground Security Zone (GSZ) covers an area of 1,920 sq kilometers along the 384 kilometers of the administrative line. The Serbian Army (VS) controls the zone with its Second, Third and Fourth brigades deployed in over 20 bases and checkpoints. The Interior Ministry (MUP) also has bases in the zone with members of its elite Zandarmerija (Gendarmerie) deployed there. A file photo of Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (FoNet)

NATO "prepared to consider" scrapping GSZ

He offered a similar comment when reporters asked about the no-fly zone in the same region.

Scheffer also spoke about the situating in Kosovo to say that NATO troops there, KFOR, and EU mission EULEX have "well-arranged cooperation", where "each has its own responsibility and role".

"KFOR has the trust of all citizens in Kosovo, the majority and minorities alike, and I think that cooperation between Serbia and KFOR is good, so that EULEX and KFOR cooperation is developing well."

However, he made it clear that the situation in Kosovo is "fragile and complex", and that it requires "step-by-step solutions".

The initiative to cancel the safety zone first came from Serbia's top leadership late last year.

The zone was set up after NATO troops entered Kosovo in the wake of the alliance's war against Serbia, and under the provisions of the military-technical agreement signed in Kumanovo by the Yugoslav Army (VJ) and NATO.

The Ground Security Zone (GSZ) covers an area of 1,920 sq kilometers along the 384 kilometers of the administrative line.

The Serbian Army (VS) controls the zone with its Second, Third and Fourth brigades deployed in over 20 bases and checkpoints.

The Interior Ministry (MUP) also has bases in the zone with members of its elite Žandarmerija (Gendarmerie) deployed there.

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