Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has just informed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban that his authorities will soon release the three previously detained Kosovan police officers, the foreign minister was quoted as saying on local television.
According to him, Orban praised the president’s actions at a time of serious troubles, which is a clear confirmation of the deep friendship between the Serbian and Hungarian people and the strategic cooperation between the two countries.
On June 13, Serbian media reported that representatives of the country’s law enforcement agencies had arrested three members of Kosovo’s armed special forces in the central part of the country.
Those arrested were said to be in possession of pistols, machine guns, surveillance equipment, walkie-talkies, maps and navigation systems.
The situation in the northern Serb communities of Kosovo and Metohija escalated on May 26 after special Kosovo Police units occupied administrative buildings in the municipalities of Zvecan, Zubin Potok and Leposavić.
They tried to win over to their posts the leaders of the communities who had won the elections boycotted by the Serb population.
On May 29, members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Kosovo (KFOR) cordoned off government buildings where locals were protesting, sparking clashes.
The Kosovan police arrested seven Serb residents from the north of the province.
They were accused of using violence against KFOR militants during a protest on 29 May. However, video footage of the demonstration shows those arrested peacefully sitting on the ground in front of the NATO military formation.
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