US threatens withdrawal of troops from Kosovo if tax is not suspended

US national security officials during their visit to Kosovo have threatened with withdrawal of military presence if leaders in Pristina keeps resisting their appeal on suspension of tax on Serbian and Bosnia-Herzegovina goods. Currently the US has 650 troops stationed in Kosovo, mainly in the US military base of Bondsteel, which is the biggest US military base in Europe.

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