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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets soldiers stationed in Poland accompanied by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, with the UK leader on a diplomatic visit to Warsaw for talks that will focus on Ukraine and wider European security. Sunak's visit to Eastern Europe accompanied by defence minister Grant Shapps comes as Kyiv pleads with allies to ramp up supplies of ammunition and air defences desperately needed to repel Russian attacks. IMAGES
Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti says in an interview with AFP he hopes to normalise relations with the country's arch-rival Serbia this year, following several rounds of failed talks between the two sides. "Normalisation of relations with Serbia I wish for this year, for 2024, and in the next years and decades I want to come out victorious on issues like social inequality, climate change and security threats," Kurti tells AFP. SOUNDBITE
Kosovo and Serbia's leaders visit Brussels for talks with their European counterparts on calming tensions, with Aleksandar Vucic, president of Serbia, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti arriving for a meeting with European Council President Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The talks come just days after an European Union envoy, as well as diplomats from the United States, France, Germany and Italy visited both Belgrade and Pristina, for top-level talks over the issue. IMAGES
Serbia has begun withdrawing troops from the Kosovo border after the United States warned of an unprecedented build-up, the White House says. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges Kosovar and Serbian leaders to ease tensions, warning they were putting aspirations of European integration at risk. "We call on the governments of Kosovo and Serbia to take immediate steps to de-escalate tensions," Blinken tells reporters at NATO talks in Oslo. IMAGES
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urges the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia to "immediately and unconditionally" de-escalate tensions, after clashes in northern Kosovo left 30 soldiers from a NATO-led peacekeeping force injured. SOUNDBITE
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