All known so far for Serbia's arrest of Kosovo in Merdar

Serbian authorities at the Merdar border point have also arrested a Kosovo citizen named Tefik Mustafa under suspicion of war crimes. Kosovo's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspore (MPJD) has condemned his arrest, while for this case it has reported internationals. Meanwhile, in April a Kosovo citizen was arrested for the same suspicion.

Kosovo's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the arrest of the citizen, Tefik Mustafa, at the border checkpoint in Medare.

MPJD has denied allegations leading to the arrest of Mustafa, which are “Claimed war crimes against the non-Albanian population during the 1999 Kosovo war.”

Meanwhile, according to the MPJD, the Interconnecting Office of the Republic of Kosovo in Serbia has announced US and Great Britain missions and other states in Belgrade for the arrest of Mustafa.

“In this case, the Interconnecting Office of the Republic of Kosovo in Serbia has immediately announced the diplomatic missions of the United States and of the United States and other states in Belgrade, as well as has submitted an official request to Serbia's Liaison Office in Kosovo for confirmation of the arrest and for offering other relevant details, in which the European Union delegation in Serbia is included.” ) says in response.

“I will also submit the official request to Serbian authorities to allow Ambassador Jashar to visit Mr. Tfiq Mustafa, in order for the state and Government of the Republic of Kosovo to be reportedly for the treatment that is being addressed to Mr. Mustafa of the Serbian organs.It says away.

On the other hand, the MPD has strongly condemned the ban on the arrest of Kosovo citizens while calling for its release.

Also, in this case the state of Kosovo has announced the QUINT countries.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspore strongly condemns the ban, arrest and mistreatment of citizens of the Republic of Kosovo, and also calls on the International Community to take concrete steps to release the citizen immediately. Tefiq Mustafa and at the same time seek responsibility from the Serbian state for these arbitrary and destructive actions and that clash with international human rights conventions. ”

“The MPJD has announced the arrest and the states of Quinn in Kosovo and will keep you informed about this case, and for any new information, we will inform you in time.”Who may face difficulties of different natures during their trip through Serbia, contact us in the phone number: +383 46 51 00 51.”

Minister of Internal Affairs Ivica Dacic has spoken about the case. He has cited the case, allegedly involving Mustafa in 1999.

“This afternoon at the Merdare crossing has arrested a man suspected of war crimes against Kosovo's civilian population, this is Tefik Mustafa, who as a member of The KLA in witness statements has been cited as participants in police kidnapping Goran Marinkovic, Zivojin Pavic and Predrag Milosevic, who happened on June 19, 1999, on the Pristina-Gylane highway near the town of Labljanin, after which all traces were lost.” he said, writes Serbian media.

This is not the first time Serbia has arrested Kosovars on war crimes charges.

Thus, on 17 April, Serbia had arrested Sadik Duraku with British citizenship.

Duraku was arrested at a border crossing between Croatia and Serbia, during the time Serbia had stopped all bus flow from Kosovo.

Sadik has been assigned detention measures.