PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Small Balkan nation Kosovo says it wants to commit dozens of its security troops to an international force for Gaza because its appreciates what NATO-led peacekeepers have done for its own security since the 1998-99 conflict with Serbia.
Kosovo’s Parliament later on Friday is set to formally approve an earlier government decision to send the troops to the International Stabilization Force under a U.S.-backed initiative following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas last year.
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