In May 2001, in part due to strong NATO mediation, the Presevo Valley was brought back under Serbian government control, ending a low-grade ethnic Albanian insurgency that had lasted approximately 17 months in the three municipalities east of the Kosovo boundary line.
U svibnju 2001. godine, djelomično zahvaljujući jakom posredovanju NATO-a, Preševska dolina vraćena je pod nadzor srbijanske vlade, čime je okončana albanska pobuna malog intenziteta u trima općinama istočno od granice s Kosovom koja je trajala približno 17 mjeseci.