The German Embassy to expel members of Serbian MPB: Legal tools Must Be Offered

Germany's embassy in Kosovo believes sensitive decisions, such as lifting citizenship and deportation, should be taken in line with all legal provisions, including the European Convention on Human Rights.

“The affected (from such decisions) should be offered full access to councils and legal means”, the German Embassy has declared in some response to Radio Free Europe, commenting on the Kosovo authorities' decision to expel four members of Serbia's Ministry of Internal Affairs living in Kosovo over the weekend.

The German Embassy has said that it has discussed the matter with incumbent Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo Jedal Svecla, and that “ambasad is closely monitoring developments in these cases”.

Kosovo authorities Exile Members of the Serbian ministry allegedly were threatening national security. They are members of the Serb community living in Serb majority municipalities in the north and south of the Iber River.

Kosovo's acting Minister of Internal Affairs, Jelal Svecla, earlier announced that he had made a decision to lift citizenship based on the Law on Citizenship, Sublaw Act and recommendations of relevant institutions.

Under the Law on Kosovo State, a person loses citizenship if he engages in activities that threaten Kosovo's national security, as well as when he is a deliberate member of an organisation intended to overturn or undermine Kosovo's constitutional order.

Under this law, a person loses citizenship even when he is a member of the intelligence service or police forces of another state, without the consent of local authorities or a relevant international agreement.

In its response, the Office for Kosovo in Serbia's Government assessed that this is a <x0-political persecution of a people and ethnic cleansing of Serbs”.

She added that she is in direct contact with representatives of the European Union and that she has informed international representatives of everything.

On June 7th, former Kosovo Police Special Unit member Arbnor Spahiu, who is charged with “serious murders in Banjska” was arrested in Serbia in September 2023, when an armed group of Serbs attacked Kosovo Police and killed a police officer.

Three Serb attackers were killed in the shootout, and Spahiu's lawyer, Ariant Koci, told Radio Free Europe that his client is accused in Serbia of their murders./Periscopi/