12 Nov. 2009
On 21 October 2009, His Excellency, French Ambassador to the Republic to Kosovo, François-Xavier Deniau, visited Multinational Task Force North (MNTF-N). MNTF-N Commander, Brigadier General Arnaud Sainte-Claire Deville greeted Ambassador Deniau at Camp Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny in Novo-Selo where he received a brief on MNTF-N area of responsibility.
Once in Mitrovica, Ambassador Deniau followed a foot patrol from the French Battalion. After he arrived to the hill “barbecue”, Colonel Ollier, Commander of the French Battalion and Major Coquet, ACOS OPS of MNTF-N sent the French Battalion mission out and briefed Ambassador Deniau on the current situation of clearing ruins and building new houses in KROI I VITAKUT and ZVECAN.
Lastly, he visited by helicopter the typical cross-boarding posts (GATE 1 and DOG 31) between Serbia and Kosovo, and then proceeded to the Orthodox Monastery of Devic. Ambassador François-Xavier Deniau completed his visit across the north of Kosovo in Camp Plana where he attended the dissolution ceremony of the French Surgical Hospital in Plana.
Story by OF4 Grimonprez Herve, French Army
Photos by OR4 Phaine Maxime, French Army
