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Members of special police of so-called Kosovo arrested in central Serbia

Belgrade, 14 June 2023

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Petar Petkovic announced today that in the area of the village of Gnjilica, in the municipality of Raska, members of the anti-terrorist unit of the Serbian Gendarmerie located and arrested three members of the so-called Kosovo special police.

At an extraordinary press conference in the government of Serbia, Petkovic specified that heavily armed R. Z., B. S. and M. S. were arrested today, deep in the territory of central Serbia.

He emphasised that the members of our police did not violate either UN Security Council Resolution 1244 or the Military Technical Agreement, since they did not cross the administrative line, while, on the other hand, members of the Kosovo police violated international agreements.

Petkovic added that Belgrade is ready to offer all the evidence and to call, if necessary, for an international investigation to be opened, and for the USA and Great Britain to provide satellite images so that it can be clearly seen that the Serbian police did not cross the administrative line even a millimeter.

According to him, this is important because the minister of the interior of the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina Xhelal Sveçla claims that the arrested members of the Kosovo Special Police were “kidnapped”.

The persons mentioned were not kidnapped, but were found deep in the territory of central Serbia with long barrels, automatic rifles, maps, GPS devices and other surveillance equipment, the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija said.

Petkovic said that the investigation will establish all relevant facts and reiterated that our police and state authorities behaved exclusively in accordance with regulations and laws.