PRISTINA, Kosovo, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- NATO's chief told Kosovo leaders the newly independent state remains one of the alliance's priorities despite plans to reduce the number of peacekeepers.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATOs' new secretary general, in Pristina for talks with Kosovo Albanian leaders, Thursday said NATO will reduce the number of troops because commanders in the country consider the security situation in Kosovo is stable enough, the Serbian news agency Beta reported.