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Kosovo: Peace Keeping Operations

Volume 456: debated on Wednesday 7 February 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the status is of the British military presence in Kosovo; and what plans the Government have for changes to the number of British forces in Kosovo. (118354)

There are around 175 UK personnel in Kosovo working within the NATO-led KFOR and the UN Mission in Kosovo. No changes to this commitment are currently planned.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the status is of KFOR; what discussions he has had with his European Union and NATO counterparts on the future of the KFOR deployment; what the outcome was of those discussions; and if he will make a statement. (118355)

KFOR is the NATO force in Kosovo and currently comprises some 16,000 troops. The Defence Secretary regularly meets with his NATO and EU colleagues to discuss, inter alia, progress on and the future of, the KFOR mission.

Decisions on the future of KFOR deployment will be made by NATO.