Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti is calling for greater cooperation with NATO in order to better secure his country's Serbian-dominated northern territories.

Axar.az reports that nearly a week after deadly clashes in Kosovo triggered one of the gravest escalations in the former breakaway province in years, the opportunity for reconciliation between ethnic Albanians and Serbs seemed as distant as ever.

The killing of a Kosovo police officer and an ensuing gun battle at a monastery brought years of distrust and bitterness to the surface as a war of words between Serbia and Pristina's governments, competing days of mourning, and calls for sanctions marred already fractious relations.

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti is calling for greater cooperation with NATO in order to better secure his country's Serbian-dominated northern territories.