Meeting the 1,300 German soldiers at the KFOR headquarters in Pristina, Merkel praised their contribution and said smuggling and illegal trade can be fought in the north as well as the south of Kosovo, even though the country does not have complete sovereignty in the north.
Prilikom susreta sa 1.300 nemačkih vojnika u sedištu KFOR u Prištini, Merkelova je pohvalila njihov doprinos i rekla da se protiv krijumčarenja i ilegalne trgovine može boriti i na severu i na jugu Kosova, bez obzira što zemlja nema potpuni suverenitet na severu.