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Occupation of Serbia Not Part of KFOR Mandate
El Mundo: Spain to Withdraw from Kosovo Province
Spain should terminate its participation in the KFOR mission, said on Wednesday the influential Spanish El Mundo daily, which also said that the majority of Spaniards were urging their country's withdrawal.

Judging by a survey made public in the daily, 85 percent of Spaniards are in favor of the withdrawal of Spanish troops from southern Serbian province of Kosovo.

KFOR—From Peace Keepers to Occupiers
"Since the authorities in Kosovo unilaterally declared independence, KFOR's task has completely changed," El Mundo said.

"The mission at this moment has no legal basis. It was initially envisaged that KFOR would be a peacekeeping mission in the region, and there was no plan for it to become an occupation force that should subjugate the Serbian minority to the ethnic Albanian majority and to a policy of fait accompli," the daily said.

Spain has over 100 troops in Kosovo-Metohia province as part of NATO's contingent. The Pristina separatists announced independence unilaterally, which has been recognized by some European countries, but not by others, among which Spain remains firm in refusing to legitimize Washington-imposed dismemberment of sovereign UN member state.