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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Florent Bajrami and Llazar Semini

NATO chief assures Western Balkans of alliance support and urges flexibility in Kosovo, Serbia talks

BOSNIA-OTAN - (AP)

In his first trip to the once-volatile Western Balkans, NATO’s secretary general Tuesday underscored the alliance’s “steadfast commitment” to its security and urged Kosovo and Serbia to be flexible in their normalization talks.

Mark Rutte came to Kosovo after his first stop in Bosnia a day earlier, which he reassured of the military alliance’s “unwavering” support for its territorial integrity after a series of Bosnian Serb separatist moves raised tensions nearly 30 years after the end of a bloody war.

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