The United States says it expects Serbia to continue de-escalatory steps, including continued withdrawal of forces to or below historical norms.
The State Department also said on Tuesday that the withdrawal began on Sept. 29. / Photo: Reuters Archive
"Since we stated publicly that we had seen Serbian forces on the border, we have also seen them start to move those forces away, and that's a good thing," National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.Kirby last week sounded the alarm over the"unprecedented" military deployment, saying it included advanced artillery, tanks, and mechanised infantry units.
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said the armed Serbian group was led by Radoicic, who later accepted full responsibility for the events in the village of Banjska in northern Kosovo, which caused enormous tensions between the two neighboring countries. Albanians are by far the largest ethnic group in Kosovo, followed by Serbs, with about half living in the country's north.
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