Office continues testimony in Thaci case, and others talk about meeting held prior to the signing of the Rambouillet agreement

During his testimony to The Hague, Bislim Office said a meeting was held between the delegation and the General Staff to be decided whether the Rambouillet agreement will be signed or not, reports the “Justice Vowtim”.

“Yes, a meeting. The delegation has been in Rambouille and has returned and is discutus in Staff and are then returned and signed in Rambouillet”, he said.

The office showed where this meeting was held and what it was discussed.

“Takim has been held in Berisha's Bjeshks. The delegation, General Staff and district commanders have attended. At this meeting, he has formed it for the performance in Rambouje, has completely unveiled Hashim Thaci, and then other members of the delegation and Staff are locked up. It's the discutus for signing the agreement, which are the positive and negative benefits, but more positive and what's there to write down the”, the Office said.

The office added that according to the situation it has seen on the ground, it has been necessary to sign this agreement.

Referring to developments in the KLA during the February period of 99, the witness indicated that he has refused to sign the changes proposed to the Patrick Zone.

One reason, he said, was that there were no competencies for changes in this area and that the area commander would have to do so.

A document was also presented to the Witness who, according to prosecutor Claire Lawson, dated March 22, 1999. For this document, the witness said it is a permit of circulation on Kosovo's territory, given to a soldier or superior to circulate from area to area.

The Witness said that this permit was for Gizair Samedini and that the document bore the seal of the General Staff as well as the signing of the Office.

Speaking of the competence for issuing such documents, the witness said that in some cases he had it, but it was possible for the area commander for his area of responsibility, and so was that of the brigade.

Then the witness confirmed that in 1999, The KLA had a unit in Greme of the Ferizaj municipality.

Think about it in the village of Greme, yes. It was KLA unit, I think, 161 Brigade. Unit of this brigade. I know because I spent April 1999 in this village. I don't remember who was the commander of the unit, but I remember he was the deputy commander of the area I met and we talked to. It was Sir Imri Ilazi. The engineer was a commander there, but now I can't remember the name that it was”, the Office said.

He also pointed to the evacuation processes of the injured in April 1999 from the area to the area, where he also spoke specifically of the Drenica Zone, which according to him were Kadri Veselini and Rexhep Selimi.

And we have a lot of evacuations in many areas in April, but I remember the evacuation of wounded from the Drenica area to the Pacific area in April. It was Kadri Veselini and Rexhep Selimi from the General Staff when these injured” were evacuated, he said.

The office added that in April 1999 the General Staff had a portion of it located in Divjaca, and another in devetaka, which is a village in the Nodeme area.

Bislim Office also told of his movements after the launch of the shelling in March 1999 and beyond. He said that early in the bombing he was in the Divaca General Staff offices and then moved to the village of Nisor to help the area commander, as there were attacks by Serb forces and also in attracting the population.

The Witness also told of several meetings he had had with Hashim Thaci and Agim Ceku during April 1999, which in one of them said he had informed them of the beginning of the operation {Shiggjetı.

According to the witness, operation The arrow started April 9th by the Hive to expand away.

Bislim Office said another meeting in Jezerc had taken place with Thaci and Ceku.

The “Takim, which was held in Jezerc, has been part of the provisional government and the General Staff. At the meeting was Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veseli, also was Adem Grabovci, was Agim Ceku. I remember it was Sylejman Selimi and some other members I don't remember very well. There has been a difference between Agim Ceku and me, I handcuffed Agim Ceku and took the next post in the Defence Minister to help him and assist him in Albania in mobilizing those who came from abroad to mobilise in the operation, said the witness.

Otherwise, the Specialised Prosecutor's Office, on September 30th, 2022, has handed over the confirmed amended indictment against Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselini, Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi, which consists of ten points of charges, where the latter are charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.

On April 29th 2022, the Specialised Prosecutor's Office had handed over a amended indictment to Hashim Thaci, Kadri Wessel, Rexhepi and Jakup Krasniqi, where four indictees have committed war crimes even in Gjilan, Budakov and Semtish.

On November 9th 2020, in their first appearances, Hashim Thaci's Jakup Krasniqi has been declared innocent of the charges placed on them. Wessel has also been declared in his presentation on November 10th, as has Rexhep Selimi on November 11th.

The incident against Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselin, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi is confirmed on October 26, 2020.