Kosovo's parliament overwhelmingly approved the formation of an army on Friday Dec 14,2018, a move that has angered Serbia who says it would threaten peace in the war-scarred region.
All 107 politicians present in the 120-seat parliament voted in favour of passing three draft laws to turn the existing 4,000-strong KosovoSecurity Force into a regular, lightly armed army.
Ethnic Serb politicians boycotted the vote.
Speaker Kadri Veseli hailed the vote as the start of a new epoch for Kosovo.
"Kosovo's parliament has adopted the law on the Kosovo Security Force! Congratulations!" the speaker said.
The vote will delight many Kosovo Albanians, who are ready to celebrate the army as a new pillar of their independence, which was declared in 2008
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