Timeline 2000-2002

Timeline 2000-2002

2000
3/4/00	SFOR troops arrested a war crimes suspect, Momcilo Krajisnik in Bosnia and transferred him to the International War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague.
6/4/01	The Bulgarian parliament agreed to Greek and Turkish NATO troops moving across Bulgarian territory to Kosovo.
21/4/00	SFOR troops arrested war crimes suspect Dragon Nikolic and transferred him to the International War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague.
16/6/00	KFOR troops discovered an illegal arms dump and seized its contents in Kosovo.
25/6/00	SFOR troops snatched war crimes suspect Dusko Sikirica in Bosnia and transferred him to the International War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague.

2002
9/4/01	Two British airmen died in a helicopter crash in poor weather near the Macedonian/Kosovan border.
11/4/01	A Russian KFOR soldier was killed in Kosovo.
14/4/01	Sector D of the Ground Safety Zone was handed over to the Yugoslav forces.
15/4/01	7,000 NATO troops are deployed to Albania in Operation Allied Harbour. KFOR soldiers assist in the handover of five Serb hostages who had been held by Ethnic Albanian extremists operating in southern Serbia since March. SFOR troops detained Dragan Obrenovic, a indicted war crimes suspect and transferred him to the International War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague.
11-12/5/01	During this night, KFOR troops seized a large cache of heavy weapons, which were destined for ethnic Albanian armed groups operating in the Presevo Valley.
24/5/01	The phased return of Yugoslavian and Serbian security forces to Sector B of the Ground Safety Zone between Serbia and Kosovo begins.
20/6/01	NATO ambassadors agreed to Macedonian request for assistance in demilitarising ethnic Albanian extremists.
6/7/01	A ceasefire was signed between the government of Macedonia and ethnic Albanian rebels.
10/8/01	Indicted war criminal Vidoje Blagojevic was detained and transferred to the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague.
15/8/01	Indicted war criminal Dragan Jokic surrendered to SFOR troops.
27/8/01	Operation Essential Harvest began with 3,500 NATO troops disarming ethnic Albanian rebels in a thirty day mission.
19/9/01	The President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia asks NATO to deploy a reduced follow on force after Essential Harvest ends.
26/9/01	Operation Essential Harvest ends

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