18 minutes agoUS seeks unconditional release of Kosovo police officials
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(3 years ago)US State Department ( The DASH on Thursday has called for the unconditional release of three police officers who have been kidnapped by Serbian police on Kosovo's territory. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller has said Serbia must unconditionally release the three members of the Kosovo Police, who have been detained by Serb forces on 14 June. [...]
US State Department ( The DASH on Thursday has called for the unconditional release of three police officers who have been kidnapped by Serbian police on Kosovo's territory.
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller has said Serbia must unconditionally release the three members of the Kosovo Police, who have been detained by Serb forces on 14 June.
“We believe that Kosovo and Serbia should take immediate steps to expand the” situation, Miller has told reporters.
Kosovo considers the arrest of three police officials as kidnapping by Serbia's authorities on Kosovo territory.
According to the Kosovo Police, police officials have been arrested in the Tresave/Bare, located in the municipality of Leposaviqi, within Kosovo's territory.
Belgrade, on the other hand, claims it is not about kidnapping, but the arrest of police officers on Serbian territory.
Serbia's authorities have not offered Thursday No information About the detainees.
Miller has said the US expects the parties to follow the three-point plan the European Union has introduced without delay.
“Under that, [Kosovo Prime Minister Albin] Kurti must ensure that the elected mayors perform their duties from alternative locations and withdraw police units from the area around”.
The international community has three demands for Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, regarding the situation in the north:
- Stressing the Situation There
- Keeping New Elections
- Returning to dialogue on normalising Kosovo-Serbia relations, mediated by the European Union.
Kurti, on the other hand, introduced a five - spot plan to reduce tensions days ago.
Earlier Thursday, top European diplomat Josep Borrell has said he will invite representatives of Kosovo and Serbia to Brussels next week, an emergency meeting for crisis management.
Speaking of the current situation in Kosovo, Borrell has said that, currently, everything has returned to the crisis management phase and will invite the parties to an emergency meeting.
We need to call for quiet on the ground. Looking at the situation, getting worse, we're back to the crisis management phase. I will invite the two sides, Kosovo and Serbia, to a meeting for crisis management next week, to Brussels”, Borrell has declared.
