Behgjet Pacolli

Jetlir Zuberaj, the head of the Kosovo foreign minister's cabinet, reacted in this way regarding Vucic's statement that during the ceremony of the opening of a new airport in Istanbul, the flag of Kosovo was removed at his request.

In his response to a question posed by Albanian language website koha.net, Zuberaj called Vucic "a criminal slanderer."

According to a press release from the cabinet of the Kosovo president, Thaci told Mitchell that Washington's support to the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue was "crucial (for) the achievement of the final and legally binding agreement."

Marko Djuric, the head of Serbia's Office for Kosovo, said Serbia would react "responsibly and with dignity" to a Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli's request to attend an event in Serbia.

Kosovo's Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Behgjet Pacolli, has started a diplomatic tour of Asia, seeking to drum up support for the country's quest for international recognition.

His office said that Pacolli will also take part in the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation, OIC, that will take place in May 5 and 6 in Bangladesh.

In an interview with BIRN's TV show Jeta ne Kosove, the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said the authorities were investigating why the head of Serbia's Kosovo office, Marko Djuric, was paraded publicly through the streets in handcuffs after his arrest.

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Friday sought the immediate removal of the head of Kosovo's Intelligence Agency, Driton Gashi, and the Interior Minister, Flamur Sefaj, after a group of Turkish citizens were arrested and reportedly deported on Thursday without his knowledge.

Experts are calling for more clarity in the procedures between Kosovo and Serbia on official visits, following the row over the deportation of a top Serbian official from Kosovo.

Kosovo authorities on March 27 deported Marko Djuric, head of Serbia's Office for Kosovo, after police arrested him in North Mitrovica for what it was said "illegally entry into the country".

Kosovo on Monday deported Marko Djuric, the head of Serbia's Office for Kosovo, after police arrested him in North Mitrovica for illegally entering the country.

Djuric and Serbian Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin were banned from entering Kosovo by the Kosovo Foreign Ministry.

Kosovo Police confirmed to BIRN on Monday that Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian government's Kosovo office, had been arrested on Monday for illegal entry and transferred to Pristina by the Specialized Operational Unit of Kosovo Police.

Kosovo Special Police intervened following reports that Djuric was participating in a debate in the divided northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica.

Kosovo has deployed special police units in the Serb-run far north of the country after banning Serbia's Defence Minister, Aleksandar Vulin, and the head of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo, Marko Djuric, from entering the country.

Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli on Monday said the two men would be arrested if they tried to enter Kosovo.