Two KPS members released, "to be charged"

Two members of the Kosovo police (KPS), arrested on Saturday near Merdare, have been released from custody, said Interior Minister Ivica Dačić.

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Two members of the Kosovo police (KPS), arrested on Saturday near Merdare, have been released from custody, said Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. He added that they were interviewed while in detention, and that "criminal charges will be brought against them". Two KPS members released, "to be charged" Dacic told reporters today that he was aware of the statements that said the arrested KPS members were on assignment, but urged officials of the Kosovo Albanian authorities, who made the statements, "to mind their own business". "What type of assignment were they on in the territory of central Serbia," wondered the minister. "They were placed under arrest because they wore uniforms and carried arms in the territory of central Serbia. I won't go into whether this occurred by mistake or on purpose, and I repeat that the Gendarmes were simply doing their job," Dacic said on Monday, while touring a power plant in Kostolac, eastern Serbia. "We do not intend to strain relations," he continued, and added that in his role of Serbia's interior minister, he "only cares that (the two KPS members) be processed with criminal complaints filed against them". "Considering that Serbs (arrested in Kosovo) have been released, we have nothing against courts doing their job in this case as well," said Dacic. Meanwhile, the interior minister of the government in Pristina, Bajram Redzepi, confirmed that the pair had been released and returned to Kosovo. This official also added that KFOR was "investigating the location where they were arrested and that the public will be informed about it". Redzepi, along with Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, on Sunday claimed that the two KPS personnel were in fact "kidnapped". This allegedly took place on the Kosovo side of the administrative line, running between the province and central Serbia. Addressing the issue during a news conference in Brussels on Monday, a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said the arrests "could not be qualified as kidnapping". According to reports, Maja Kocijancic also "called on Belgrade and Pristina to solve their problem through dialogue rather than selective application of laws". This photo released on Saturday shows arms and equipment carried by the arrested KPS members (Tanjug/MUP) Beta Tanjug

Two KPS members released, "to be charged"

Dačić told reporters today that he was aware of the statements that said the arrested KPS members were on assignment, but urged officials of the Kosovo Albanian authorities, who made the statements, "to mind their own business".

"What type of assignment were they on in the territory of central Serbia," wondered the minister.

"They were placed under arrest because they wore uniforms and carried arms in the territory of central Serbia. I won't go into whether this occurred by mistake or on purpose, and I repeat that the Gendarmes were simply doing their job," Dačić said on Monday, while touring a power plant in Kostolac, eastern Serbia.

"We do not intend to strain relations," he continued, and added that in his role of Serbia's interior minister, he "only cares that (the two KPS members) be processed with criminal complaints filed against them".

"Considering that Serbs (arrested in Kosovo) have been released, we have nothing against courts doing their job in this case as well," said Dačić.

Meanwhile, the interior minister of the government in Priština, Bajram Redzepi, confirmed that the pair had been released and returned to Kosovo.

This official also added that KFOR was "investigating the location where they were arrested and that the public will be informed about it".

Redzepi, along with Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, on Sunday claimed that the two KPS personnel were in fact "kidnapped".

This allegedly took place on the Kosovo side of the administrative line, running between the province and central Serbia.

Addressing the issue during a news conference in Brussels on Monday, a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said the arrests "could not be qualified as kidnapping".

According to reports, Maja Kocijancic also "called on Belgrade and Priština to solve their problem through dialogue rather than selective application of laws".

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