Vladimir Sudar – The so-called Kosovo Army's participation in NATO military drills in Croatia, according to a Serbian military expert, is a demonstration of the continuity of the policy that the Western centres of power have been carrying out for years in the Western Balkans against Belgrade.
In honour of the 10th anniversary of Croatia's accession to NATO, international military exercises will be held in the country in May and June that include representatives of the armed forces of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The first “act” of the three-stage military manoeuvres of the North Atlantic Alliance's “Immediate Response 19” was launched on 10 May. It will be followed by the Astral Knight 19 and Swift Response 19 exercises, organised by the US European Command (USEUCOM).
The first phase of “Immediate Response 19” will last until the 6th of June. The manoeuvres will be held inside Croatia itself, as well as neighbouring Slovenia and Hungary. Some 1,600 soldiers from the aforementioned countries, as well as from the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Lithuania, Albania, and Montenegro will take part.
Also joining the drills will be non-NATO “friendly countries” — Northern Macedonia (the protocol on the country's admission to NATO was signed on 6 February but still has to be ratified by the parliaments of all 29 member countries of the Alliance and the parliament…
