The Kosovo government ordered the creation of a national army three years ago, but Serbian deputies said they would block the required changes to the constitution. "A legislature that will not vote for the army of its own country should go home." Nato and the United States said on Wednesday they would re-evaluate the assistance they have long provided to the KSF if the changes are approved. Pristina declared independence almost a decade later with the backing of the United States and Western European countries. "The United States is very important for Kosovo and its people," Arben Gashi, a lawmaker from Prime Minister Isa Mustafa's Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party said on Friday.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 10, 2017 23:26 UTC