Solider from North Macedonia dies as peacekeeper in Kosovo

PRISTINA, Kosovo — The NATO-led peacekeeping ngo successful Kosovo said Saturday that a participating solider from North Macedonia has died.

The Kosovo Force ngo said the antheral work subordinate died successful Pristina, Kosovo’s capital, connected Friday successful circumstances unrelated to combat. A KFOR connection did not springiness the origin of decease oregon immoderate idiosyncratic details.

“NATO mourns the nonaccomplishment of a worker and we are present to enactment his friends. His chap soldiers, sailors and airmen proceed their U.N.-mandated brave mission,” the connection said.

North Macedonia joined NATO successful 2020. The KFOR ngo includes immoderate 4,000 troops from 28 countries.

NATO troops person been contiguous successful Kosovo since 1999 aft a bloody warfare betwixt Serbia forces and taste Albanian separatists that ended with a 78-day NATO aerial campaign.

Kosovo was a Serbian state until it declared independency successful 2008. Serbia does not admit Kosovo’s independence, and their relations stay tense.