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Kosovo accuses Serbia of detaining 10 members of its police

2024-04-18 07:52:37Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The Kosovo government says that 10 members of the Kosovo police were detained in Serbia for questioning, including the deputy director from the ranks of the Serbian community, Dejan Jankovic. According to the announcement of the Ministry of Interior of Kosovo, the officers are Albanians and Serbs and "were detained at the border crossings Merdare, Jarinje, Dheu i Bardhë and on the border between Croatia and Serbia".

"5 of them have been released, while 5 are still in detention, including Deputy Director Jankovic", it is stated in the announcement of the Ministry of Interior of Kosovo.

The members of the police were not performing their official duties. Belgrade has not reacted to this announcement. Earlier, at least six buses from Kosovo were stopped for hours by Serbian police at a border crossing with neighboring Croatia before being allowed to continue their journey, according to passengers.

Authorities in Kosovo on Wednesday called on citizens to avoid crossing the territory of Serbia at all costs, as according to them, the Serbian state has blocked groups of citizens of Kosovo at the border crossings of Serbia with Croatia and Hungary, who were returning from European countries. western in Kosovo.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs requested in a joint statement that citizens "follow closely the tense security situation and not travel through Serbia".

"Furthermore, the personal documents as well as those of the buses have been taken from all the passengers. Likewise, some of them have been taken and are continuing to be interrogated", says the reaction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo.
This ministry said that it has notified the QUINT states, the institutions of the European Union and other international institutions about this created situation, while it hopes that it will end quickly. However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia, through a communique, called the claims about the ban of buses from Kosovo unfounded.

Kosovo accuses Serbia of detaining 10 members of its police
Deputy Director of Police, Dejan Jankovic

"Controls are being carried out at the border to increase security, which may cause delays", says the communique, in which it is emphasized that all citizens from Kosovo are allowed unimpeded entry into Serbia.

A spokesperson for the European Union told VOA that the current situation constitutes a violation of the agreement on Freedom of Movement reached in the dialogue while asking Serbia "to refrain from such unilateral and uncoordinated actions and immediately return to compliance of the agreement".

The blockade sparked reactions in Kosovo, who said it was a retaliatory move by Serbia after Tuesday's vote in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that gave the green light to Kosovo's membership in the mechanism.

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani wrote on social networks that Serbia is taking revenge on citizens by holding them hostage at the border points, intimidating them, confiscating documents and depriving them of food.

"One man is responsible for this: (Aleksandar) Vucic," she wrote.

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, said through social networks that the detention of citizens at the border is a "serious violation of human rights". The rapporteur for Kosovo in the European Parliament, Viola Von Cramon, called on Serbia to stop, as she said, "embarrassing itself" and immediately allow the citizens of Kosovo to cross the border.

"Freedom of movement for everyone must be ensured, without discrimination on the basis of nationality," Ms. Von Cramon wrote on social networks.
Since last year, Serbia has recognized the travel documents issued by Kosovo, although it has placed posters at border crossings stating that this does not mean recognition of its independence.

Serbia expressed disappointment on Tuesday with Tuesday's vote in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that gave the green light to Kosovo's membership in this mechanism. The vote paves the way for the final decision on Kosovo's membership, which must be taken in May in the Council of Ministers of the 46 member countries of the organization. Even at this stage, Kosovo must secure the votes of two-thirds of the member countries participating in the voting.

The Assembly's vote has been welcomed by the authorities in Kosovo, while officials in Serbia have called it "a day of shame". Belgrade has warned that it will continue the fight against Kosovo's membership, although according to the agreement on the normalization of relations that both countries agreed on last year, the parties should not hinder each other in the integration processes./VOA


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