kidnap – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:30:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 PM Kurti condemns kidnap of three policemen within territory of Kosovo as aggression and attempt for instability https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/06/14/pm-kurti-condemns-kidnap-of-three-policemen-within-territory-of-kosovo-as-aggression-and-attempt-for-instability/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/06/14/pm-kurti-condemns-kidnap-of-three-policemen-within-territory-of-kosovo-as-aggression-and-attempt-for-instability/#respond Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:23:11 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=208379 PRISTINA, June 14 /ATA/ – Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti condemned the kidnap of three Kosovo policemen by Serbian forces as an aggression and an attempt to escalate and destabilize the country.

PM Kurti has called for the immediate release of three police officers and urged international community to condemn this aggression by Serbia.

“Three Kosovo police officials have been kidnapped today in Leposavic in the place where there used to be an illegal smuggling route, which is located 300 meters within the territory of our state. We suspect that they were kidnapped by the Serbian army, clearly as revenge by Serbia for yesterday’s arrest of the notorious criminal Milun ‘Lune’ Milenkovic, who represents one of the leaders of organized crime and smuggling. Kosovo police have demonstrated extreme restrained over recent weeks. The entry of Serbian forces into the territory of Kosovo is aggression and an attempt for escalation and destabilization. We request the immediate release of three kidnapped police officers and call on international factors to condemn this aggression by Serbia,” PM Kurti wrote on Facebook.

Kosovo police confirmed that three police officers were kidnapped by the Serbian forces inside the territory of Kosovo on Wednesday midday.

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Sveçla called on the international factors to immediately increase pressure on Serbia, not only to release the three Kosovo police officers, but also halt its provocations.

He stated that continues to be the cause and guardian of evil in the region and in Kosovo.

“We won’t back down in the face of criminals and terrorists. Serbia is again showing its true face and that of an autocratic and aggressive state… We ask the international factor to urgently increase the pressure on Serbia not only to release the police officers but also to stop its provocations … We call on the international factor to urgently increase pressure on Serbia, not only to release the police officers, but also to stop its provocations,” he said.

Interior Minister stated that “Serbia’s criminal actions won’t deter us on the path towards strengthening the country’s sovereignty.”

Kosovo Police announced earlier that the three officers were kidnapped deep in the territory of the Republic of Kosovo on the border area in north of the country.

Police said that the three officers went missing during a patrol aimed at preventing the illegal use of roads for smuggling.

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