Nato to send more troops to Macedonia border

Nato Secretary General Lord Robertson said today the international force in Kosovo will move more troops up to the border with Macedonia to cut off the supply lines to ethnic Albanian rebels who have attacked government forces.

At a meeting with Macedonian Foreign Minister Srdjan Kerim, Lord Robertson said Nato would be appealing to allied governments to send more troops to Kosovo to bolster the 40,000-strong Kfor force there.