Kosovo consulate details Bajram Rexhepi's body return procedures

Kosovo's first prime minister, Bajram Rexhepi, has died Monday morning in one of Turkey's hospitals, where he has been in a coma for months following attacks on the brain. Kosovo's consulate in Turkey, together with the family, is working about procedures for Rexhepi's return of his lifeless body to Kosovo.

In a proposal for Gazeta Express, officials at the Kosovo consulate in Istanbul have indicated they are awaiting procedures from the hospital to bring Rexhepi's lifeless body to Kosovo for burial.

We're in communication with the family. We're waiting for the hospital confirmation, as soon as the hospital gives us confirmation, we'll inform”, officials from the Kosovo Consulate in Turkey have said.

And meanwhile, Bajram Rexhepi's former assistant, Sedat Gashi, has told Express that they are in communication with the family. He has declared they are making efforts to bring Rexhepi's lifeless body to Kosovo by tomorrow.

The embassy is engaged. As soon as they tell us, we'll let you know. We're trying to bring him in tomorrow. But we still have no confirmation”, Gashi told the Express.

Former Kosovo Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi has passed away at 63 years of age at a hospital in Turkey.

Rexhepi from the month of April is in a coma following attacks on the brain.

He was initially laid down at the University Clinical Centre in Kosovo for health care, but due to the serious situation on 25 April was sent to Turkey.

By contrast, Bajram Rexhepi was born on 3 June 1954 in Mitrovica. Rexhepi had graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Pristina University in 1979, and postgraduate studies were completed in Zagreb in 1985.

He worked for years as a general surgeon and endoscopic specialist at the Mitrovica regional hospital until 1990. /GazetaExpress/