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<p>Kosovo Force (KFOR) continues to have a Kosovo-wide role particularly in the Serbian
majority north of Kosovo. It also has a specific role in protecting Serbian Orthodox
sites, yet in the south of Kosovo this is coming to an end. KFOR is currently in the
process of transferring responsibility for these sites to the Kosovo Police. This
is done in consultation with the Serbian Orthodox Church and taking into account the
political and security conditions on the ground. The monastery at Decani remains under
KFOR protection and the Patriarchate in Peja is currently undergoing a transition
to police protection.</p><p>While there has been a slight increase in incidents of
intercommunal violence, mainly due to the reverberations following a recent football
match between Albania and Serbia, we do not see an overall trend of an increase in
violence in general or a need for KFOR to increase activity.</p>
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