The decision to transform Kosovo's security force into an army is "irreversible," the country's president said Sunday while offering assurance that a new national military does not threaten ethnic Serbs living in the former Serbian province. President Hashim Thaci gave a briefing on the army plan before he left for New York, where the United Nations Security Council is expected in coming days to discuss the small Balkan nation's decision. Neighboring Serbia has warned that an army in a place it considers Serbian territory could result in an armed intervention. "Whatever happens at the Security Council, despite the concerns of a certain individual or a country, the formation of the Kosovo army is an irreversible act," Thaci said. The U.N. Security Council held closed consultations late Friday on the format of a meeting on the dispute.

Source: ABC News December 16, 2018 15:08 UTC