Violence erupted in northern Kosovo in September, and Belgrade responded with a military build-up on its border with its neighbor.
Given the current political and security context, analysts say an outbreak of violence in northern Kosovo "should raise alarm bells."
Open hostilityLong-simmering animosity between Serbia and Kosovo has broken into open hostility in northern Kosovo in recent months.
Northern Kosovo, which borders Serbia, has an ethnic Serb majority whereas the country as a whole is around 93% ethnic Albanian.
Mojsilovic stated that number of troops on the Kosovo border had been reduced to 4,500 from 8,350.
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