NATO Force in Kosovo (KFOR) will conduct joint KFOR-EULEX Crowd and Riot Control (CRC) Exercise "Silver Saber" in Camp Vrelo, near Pristina, on September 17, it has been announced by the KFOR command.

The main goal of the exercise was to see the joint efforts between KFOR and EULEX in controlling riots, it was said in today's statement.

"The aim of the exercise is to train the deployment of our forces in the frame of "Crowd and Riot Control" in close co-operation with EULEX. KFOR and EULEX together with the Institutions in Kosovo and International Civil Presences are aiming at stability and peace in this part of Europe, based on their respective mandates," the statement read.