PRISTINA, Sept 4 (Hina) - Kosovo Albanian politicians today dismissed a request by the Serbian Justice Minister Vladan Batic for their apprehension and extradition to the Hague-based international war crimes tribunal, for crimes they
allegedly committed against the Kosovar Serbs. "We fought against the terror spread by the Serbian forces, to liberate Kosovo," president of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Ramuch Haradinaj, told reporters. He described Batic's demand as a manoeuvre whose goal is to avoid the fulfilment of Serbia's commitments towards the war crimes tribunal. President of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, Hashim Taqi, dubbed the statements by Serbian officials as Milosevic's policy continued. These are "Belgrade's accusations, not the world's", he added. "The war we led was a democratic one, and not only has the Kosovo Liberation Army won over the Serb army, but also the entire western democracy wo
PRISTINA, Sept 4 (Hina) - Kosovo Albanian politicians today
dismissed a request by the Serbian Justice Minister Vladan Batic
for their apprehension and extradition to the Hague-based
international war crimes tribunal, for crimes they allegedly
committed against the Kosovar Serbs.
"We fought against the terror spread by the Serbian forces, to
liberate Kosovo," president of the Alliance for the Future of
Kosovo, Ramuch Haradinaj, told reporters.
He described Batic's demand as a manoeuvre whose goal is to avoid
the fulfilment of Serbia's commitments towards the war crimes
tribunal.
President of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, Hashim Taqi, dubbed
the statements by Serbian officials as Milosevic's policy
continued. These are "Belgrade's accusations, not the world's", he
added.
"The war we led was a democratic one, and not only has the Kosovo
Liberation Army won over the Serb army, but also the entire western
democracy won over fascism of Milosevic's regime," Thaqi said.
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