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Osmani: Five Kosovo policemen are being held hostage by Serbia

2024-04-18 10:29:38Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Osmani: Five Kosovo policemen are being held hostage by Serbia
Vjosa Osmani

The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, said that five policemen of Kosovo are "being held hostage" by Serbia, a country which she described as "chauvinist".

At the graduation ceremony of Kosovo Police cadets, Osmani called on the international factor to react to this issue.

"We call on all our allies to raise their voices and increase their efforts to stop such atrocities and chauvinistic actions against our citizens and against our police. But I am convinced that today's oath, and all these cadets and this multi-ethnic group, is the most powerful response against such efforts", said Osmani.

"As long as we constantly face security challenges, let's not forget that even in these moments, five policemen of our Republic are being held hostage by a chauvinist state, from Serbia," she added.

Osmani said that "threats and dangers are our everyday life, so it is necessary for the Republic of Kosovo with its institutions to be a full member of INTERPOL and EUROPOL".

Kosovo's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said late Wednesday that a deputy director of the Kosovo Police and four other police officials are being held by Serbian authorities.

The Ministry said that the deputy director of the Kosovo Police of Serbian nationality, Dejan Jankovic, is being held "in detention since this morning without any explanation", the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

Jankovic, who comes from the municipality of Štrpce, was stopped at the border point with Serbia, Jarinje, in the north of Kosovo, and taken for interview in the southwestern Serbian city of Raska.

The MIA said that initially ten police officials, Albanians and Serbs, were detained, but five of them were released. Meanwhile, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, Xhelal Sveçla, repeated that there is still no justification from Serbia as to why the five police officers are being held in Rashka.

He said that this is an unprecedented act by Serbia, "among many actions and attacks directed at the Kosovo Police".

"This is a direct attack by Serbia against members of its own Serbian community within the Kosovo Police, who find the will and courage to join the common path that aims at service and security for all citizens and stability for our country," said Sveçla on April 18 at the graduation ceremony of the 59th generation of Kosovo Police cadets.

Speaking at this ceremony, the Minister of the Interior addressed especially the graduates from the non-majority communities, who were told that "Our Republic is also yours and our country is common".

"In the challenges that you may face from today onwards, we are your support, which has not been lacking for your colleagues when they have been threatened in their duties", said Sveçla.

Likewise, on April 17, travelers and buses from Kosovo were blocked at the borders of Serbia with Hungary and Croatia. Kosovo authorities said that their detention was done as a sign of revenge from Serbia because of the vote in favor of supporting Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe.

Serbia denied that it has stopped buses with passengers from Kosovo, describing Kosovo's accusations as "groundless".

"The control of all passengers at the border points is being strengthened and security checks are being carried out, all this with the aim of greater safety and security of citizens, which may cause a longer stay at the border point itself," he said. The Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs through a response published on April 17.

Even in the past, citizens of Kosovo passing through Serbia have encountered problems, with some of them being arrested by the Serbian authorities under suspicion of war crimes./ REL


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