According to reports, NATO has started reviewing its peacekeeping operation in Kosovo after the unilateral secession declaration.

James Appathurai, the western military alliance’s spokesman said on the day before yesterday that the ambassadors from the 26 member states have decided to discuss the 17,000-soldier strong mission, “in order to adjust to the development of the situation on the ground”.

Appaturai said that the military leadership will use political guidelines to prepare a draft operational plan, “taking into account new tasks”. The NATO spokesman, however, did not make it clear what those tasks might be, but pointed out that “all that NATO does will be within its UN mandate and with full consent of the 26 members”.