sizing its presence in Kosovo, since the West hopes to open negotiations this year on whether to grant the Albanian majority's demand for independence or keep the province nominally part of Serbia. Kosovo's U.N. governor, Soren Jessen-Petersen, has warned that tensions could rise as those talks near. KFOR was last reinforced in October, when 2,000 French, German and Italian troops went into Kosovo to beef up security ahead of elections to the interim parliament.
