Hoti: We expect Kallas to prioritize the issue of missing persons
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The Head of the Government Commission on Missing Persons, Andin Hoti, says that the purpose of the letter sent to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, is to put positive pressure on the European Union to give more priority to the issue of missing persons. This letter is being considered as information for the European diplomat on the current problems regarding the issue of missing persons.
Access to Serbian territory for the opening of 11 mass graves, and the opening of the archives of Serbian military and police structures, are two of the requests addressed through this letter to the European Union's chief diplomat, Kaja Kallas.
"There are over 11 mass graves and when I say that, I am not saying that I doubt them, but I am saying that Serbia has admitted that they exist in Serbia and we are seeking information and the opening of these mass graves. Access to the territory of Serbia through the European Union, in this case, becomes more urgent and easier ... Serbia's accountability for the crimes it has committed through the European Union is no longer just about me, but through justice and finally justice for these families of missing persons. To add to the important points of this letter that I have already mentioned, there is another point that has not been emphasized much in the past that we are interested in the classified archives of the Serbian army, because it committed crimes in Kosovo on orders, of the Police, but I must emphasize that in Kosovo, not only the army committed crimes, local Serbian citizens also committed crimes ordered by the then Milosevic regime", said Hoti.
The chairman of this government commission said that this letter is in the continuation of Kosovo's efforts to put positive pressure on the European Union to address the issue of missing persons with greater priority.
According to him, the main solution is Serbia's conditionality and not pressure.
Hoti listed two reasons why they chose Kosovo's independence day to convey this letter to the European chief diplomat, Kaja Kallas.
The Government Commission on Missing Persons expects the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, to convene the next meeting of the Joint Kosovo-Serbia Commission on Missing Persons within two or three weeks.
The chairman of this Commission, Andin Hoti, is pessimistic about Serbia's approach to the continuation of these meetings.
A meeting of the Joint Commission of Kosovo and Serbia on Missing Persons was planned for January 15 of this year, but it failed due to Serbia's refusal to participate, as a sign of protest after an action by the Kosovo Government to close Serbian institutions.
