BELGRADE, Jan 9 (Hina) - German Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Wilfred +Gruber, said he had been "detained" for two hours on Friday on a road +near Pristina where armed Serb civilians had been holding him +despite the presence of
representatives of the authorities and +police.+ We were detained for two hours on the road at the access to +Gracanica, before the eyes of the police and the special forces of +the Interior Ministry, Ambassador Gruber told the "Blic" paper of +Saturday. He added that it was the reason why his meeting with the +Kosovo Albanian leader, Ibrahim Rugova, had been cancelled.+ Among those armed Serbs at the blockade there were evidently many +who had consumed alcohol. They were very aggressive and probably +considered us, who are foreigners and diplomats, to be responsible +for the acts of the Kosovo Albanians, Gruber explained.+ We were taken captive before the eyes of the police, who are +obvi
BELGRADE, Jan 9 (Hina) - German Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Wilfred
Gruber, said he had been "detained" for two hours on Friday on a road
near Pristina where armed Serb civilians had been holding him
despite the presence of representatives of the authorities and
police.
We were detained for two hours on the road at the access to
Gracanica, before the eyes of the police and the special forces of
the Interior Ministry, Ambassador Gruber told the "Blic" paper of
Saturday. He added that it was the reason why his meeting with the
Kosovo Albanian leader, Ibrahim Rugova, had been cancelled.
Among those armed Serbs at the blockade there were evidently many
who had consumed alcohol. They were very aggressive and probably
considered us, who are foreigners and diplomats, to be responsible
for the acts of the Kosovo Albanians, Gruber explained.
We were taken captive before the eyes of the police, who are
obviously in some kind of alliance with the armed Serbs who set
blockades," the Ambassador told 'Blic'.
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