Last Russian military convoy leaves Kosovo Tanjug

Last Russian military convoy leaves Kosovo
Tanjug - July 23, 2003

20:05 BELGRADE , July 23 (Tanjug) - The last of the ten military trains carrying equipment and 78 Russian troops who took part in the multinational peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR) on Wednesday left Leskovac, Serbia for the place of their permanent deployment in Russia.

The withdrawal of the 650-strong Russian peacekeeping contingent started about a month ago in keeping with a decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Itar-TASS news agency reported from Belgrade.