NATO brokered agreement between Serbia and Kosovo hard to reach

Serbian government representatives appreciate that a solution to the crisis in northern Kosovo can be found today. A draft of an agreement in this respect was arranged by NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR) Belgrade team head Borislav Stefanovic, Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic and KFOR Commander Erhard Buhler.

According to the Kosovar government such an agreement is far from being reached.

Serbia - Kosovo tensions

On 02.08.2011 Western forces have been accused by Serbia to have taken sides in a dispute between Kosovo's ethnic Serbs and Albanians warning that their actions may lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. NATO forces denied any wrong doing.