Government seeks priority in lighting missing persons from Law Medicine Institute

The prime minister's adviser, appointed as well as Dosje Keeper, on the issue of missing persons, Jahja Luka, has made an official visit to the Law Medicine Institute yesterday to announce the work and engagement of this institute.

According to the communiqué by the prime minister's office, during the visit and meetings conducted has particularly been discussed on the commitment of forensic experts from the Republic of Kosovo and EULEX experts in the process of lighting up the fate of missing persons.

Director Arsim Gerjaliu and EULEX forensic anthropology Tarja Formisto have in detail presented the current work of forensic experts, emphasising on the invenitation process of unidentified mortar waste that continue to be under the care of the Legal Medicine Institute, as well as in ongoing cases on the ground as a result of findings during the inventory process.

Dosje's holder on the missing persons' case by praising the current job, expressed the continued support of the prime minister and Government of the Republic of Kosovo for all competent institutions engaged in the process of lighting up the fate of missing persons in the joint effort that families and family members of missing persons learn as soon as possible about the fate and whereabouts of their missing family members as a result of the war in Kosovo.

During the meeting was also discussed on the challenges facing generally the process of lighting up the fate of missing persons, and in particular the process of professional treatment of unidentified mortar remains, which is primarily linked to lack of reliable information, lack of blood samples for a number of cases and possible misidentifications.

In addressing these challenges, Dosje Keeper on the issue of missing persons, Jahja Luka has asked EULEX experts and the international community to increase pressure on Serbia's institutions to be more co-operative in the process of lighting up the fate of missing persons. Also, it has been requested by the IML to prepare the list of families of missing persons who are refusing to give blood samples, thus making it difficult to identify their missing relatives during the 1998 war. '%99 in Kosovo, as well as the submission of forensic experts' proposals, according to specific deadlines during the joint consultancy meeting held over the past week, specifically proposals on the possibility of identifying morto remains, which will continue to be addressed with particular priorities under the process of lighting up the fate of missing persons. /Periscopi/