 Serbia close to sending troops to Kosovo amid heightened tension. Serbia might demand a deployment of its troops to Kosovo, amid renewed political tension in the former Serbian region. Serbian Prime Minister Anna Brnabic, claimed on Friday that the lives of Serbian minority living in Kosovo were threatened. She also accused NATO-led international peacekeeping forces in Kosovo, known as KFOR, of failing to protect the security of Serbians. We are close to requesting the return of our forces to Kosovo under Resolution 1244, because KFOR is not doing its job, Anna Brnabic said, adding that Serbs do not feel safe in Kosovo. Kosovo responded to Brnabic's accusations, with Prime Minister Albin Kurti warning that the deployment of Serbian troops in Kosovo would amount to an act of aggression and an indication of Serbia's tendencies to destabilize the region. She reminded that Kosovo was a sovereign country. Kosovo's president, Soja Osmani, pledged that no Serb soldier or police officer would set a foot on Kosovo's soil again. Belgrade claims that the UN Resolution allows the return of 1000 Serbian troops to Kosovo, that once was part of Serbia, but declared independence from it in 2008, following violent crackdown on the region. Tensions escalated recently in Kosovo, after the government's decision to ban Serbia-issued license plates in the region, which prompted Serb lawmakers and local officials in Kosovo's Serb-populated northern municipalities to resign.