25-06-2009, 02:43 AM
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Bulgaria arrests former Kosovo PM
Agim Ceku
Agim Ceku was expelled from Colombia last month
A former Kosovo prime minister, Agim Ceku, has been arrested in
Bulgaria on an international warrant issued by Serbia for alleged war
crimes.
The Bulgarian interior ministry said Mr Ceku was detained as he
crossed the border from Macedonia and a court would consider his case
in the next few days.
Serbia accuses Mr Ceku of committing war crimes in 1998-99.
At the time he was commander of the ethnic-Albanian Kosovo Liberation
Army (KLA), which was fighting Serbia.
He has dismissed the charges as politically motivated, and says the
arrest warrant has no legal basis.
He was arrested at the Qustendil border crossing between Bulgaria and
Macedonia on Tuesday evening.
Last month Mr Ceku was expelled from Colombia, after Serbia urged his
arrest, but later he transited France en route to the Balkans.
He had previously been detained in 2006 in Slovenia and Hungary.
Kosovo declared independence in February 2008. Ethnic Albanians form
the overwhelming majority of the population.
The US and more than 50 other countries have recognised its
independence, but more than 100 have not, including Serbia and Russia.
Page last updated at 07:48 GMT, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 08:48 UK
Bulgaria arrests former Kosovo PM
Agim Ceku
Agim Ceku was expelled from Colombia last month
A former Kosovo prime minister, Agim Ceku, has been arrested in
Bulgaria on an international warrant issued by Serbia for alleged war
crimes.
The Bulgarian interior ministry said Mr Ceku was detained as he
crossed the border from Macedonia and a court would consider his case
in the next few days.
Serbia accuses Mr Ceku of committing war crimes in 1998-99.
At the time he was commander of the ethnic-Albanian Kosovo Liberation
Army (KLA), which was fighting Serbia.
He has dismissed the charges as politically motivated, and says the
arrest warrant has no legal basis.
He was arrested at the Qustendil border crossing between Bulgaria and
Macedonia on Tuesday evening.
Last month Mr Ceku was expelled from Colombia, after Serbia urged his
arrest, but later he transited France en route to the Balkans.
He had previously been detained in 2006 in Slovenia and Hungary.
Kosovo declared independence in February 2008. Ethnic Albanians form
the overwhelming majority of the population.
The US and more than 50 other countries have recognised its
independence, but more than 100 have not, including Serbia and Russia.
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