NATO Rejects Serbian Request for Sending Military Contingent to Kosovo

NATO-led peacekeeping mission Kosovo Force (KFOR) has rejected Belgrade's request to deploy police and troops to Kosovo and Metohija, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday.

"They said in the carefully drafted letter to the Serbian government, which I received, that there was no need to return the Serbian troops to Kosovo and Metohija, and cited the UN Security Council resolution 1244," Vucic told Serbian media, Sputnik reported.

The president added that it was "a predictable answer." Vucic sent a formal letter in the middle of December, asking NATO mission to allow Serbian army and police and Kosovo.