Colonel Leithen: U.S. troops will stay in Kosovo

Source: Tanjug

On Tuesday, Colonel Leithen told Radio Tema, based in the city of Urosevac, southern Kosovo, that the current U.S. contingent would remain in Kosovo until September 2012 and then be replaced by new troops that should stay in Kosovo until June 2013.

Commander of the U.S. troops in KFOR, Colonel Jeffrey Leithen, has said that the U.S. would not withdraw its troops from Kosovo in 2012.

On Tuesday, Colonel Leithen told Radio Tema, based in the city of Urosevac, southern Kosovo, that the current U.S. contingent would remain in Kosovo until September 2012 and then be replaced by new troops that should stay in Kosovo until June 2013.

That is what I can say for sure, he said, adding that it was completely normal that the U.S. Army troops should leave Kosovo some day, according to the Koha NET website.

Leithen refuted recent media speculations about the possibility that the current U.S. troops might be replaced by the country's troops from Turkey.

He said that the people who would replace the current U.S. Army contingent at Camp Bondsteel were coming from the U.S. state of South Carolina, adding that it would be the 16th U.S. contingent since the launch of the KFOR mission.

Media wrote recently that the U.S. would withdraw its troops from Kosovo by end of 2012, as part of budget-saving measures in the United States Army.
The Albanian National News Agency (NOA) said that the allegations about withdrawal of American soldiers from Bondsteel could trigger instability in Kosovo.

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11 января 2012 г.

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