Serbia halted research on missing persons' remains, the Kosovo Commission: This shows their unwillingness

The Government Commission for Missing Persons has reacted to this.

This commission says that despite requiring Serbia's co-operation and information delivery, this did not happen.

According to them, this proves once again that the Serbian state is not willing to light up the fate of the found ones from Kosovo.

The Government Commission for Missing Persons of the Republic of Kosovo announces public opinion that Serbia's Commission has shut down the works at the location marked in the vicinity of the State Mine, near Sijenica, on the territory of Serbia”.

“Even though the delegation of the Republic of Kosovo has consistently sought out representatives of Serbia's institutions to share any information they may have in their archives, but also information already provided for this location has not happened. The non-recognition of additional information requested by the Commission of the Republic of Kosovo, in addition to showing non-co-operation with Serbia's institutions, also testifies to the unwillingness and lack of genuine commitment of the Serbian side to illuminate the fate of the violent missing during the 1998 war of 99 in Kosovo”.

In response, security of information from Serbia remains crucial to the fate of the undiscovered.

“mets that were launched on May 10th have not resulted in the finding of mass exhumation with the mortore remains of war victims, so due to specifics of the terrain and such locations used by Serbian military and police forces during the war for the disappearance of corpses, in their attempt to hide the crime tracks, it remains a corresponding to securing additional information from the archives of Serbia's” institutions.

Also required in addition to the information on satellite images for the location in question.

Also, in co-operation with international partners we expect securing satellite supplementary images for a broader time period for the location in question, as an opportunity to further mark the location of the mass cemetery, given previous experiences in the two location of the mass cemetery on Serbia's territory, both in the Rudnica case and the case of Kizevac”.

The government of the Republic of Kosovo remains committed to continuing engagement and work, giving priority to lighting up the fate of the violent missing during the war to end the 24-year-old anxiety of family waiting to know the whereabouts of their loved ones.