Sylejman Selimi appointed Kosovo ambassador to Albania

Former commander of the KLA General Staff Sylejman Selimi is expected to return to his pre- arrest position.

Balkan sources.info announce that General Selimi has been appointed Kosovo's ambassador to Tirana.

So far, in charge of work at the Kosovo Embassy in Albania, Syla Ukshi.

On 25 January this year, the parole panel had released him from prison, former Kosovo Liberation Army General Staff Commander Sylejman Selimi.

His lawyer, Tome Gashi, had confirmed that the panel founded by the Judiciary Council has made a decision on Selimi's parole.

After being unjustly held for over 5 years and having held the sentence for 227 days without judicial ruling, the commander of the KLA General Staff, General Sylejman Selimi”, Gashi said.

On May 24, 2013, Sylejman Selimi was arrested and later convicted of a criminal offence of war crimes against the civilian population by the Constitutional Court in Mitrovica. He was sentenced to six years in prison.

In June of this year, the accused from the case known as Drenica 1 and Drenica 2 have turned into retrial.

In the case of “Drenica”, some of the former KLA commanders who carried public office, whether MPs or even mayors, such as Sylejman Selimi, Sami Lushtaku, Fadil Demaku, Nexhat Demaku and others.