Ramush Haradinaj

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Former KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army / UCK) leader Ramush Haradinaj, after his return from France, whose government last week refused to extradite him to Serbia to face trial for war crimes, sent a message to the Prime Minister and newly elected President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic "not to play with the Albanians", the Kosovo newspaper "Gazeta Express" reports.

Russia shares Serbia's deep concerns over the politicized decision of a French court which ruled to set free notorious Kosovo militant leader Ramush Haradinaj.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this in a statement, issued after Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday spoke with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, on the Serbian side's initiative.

Russia shares Serbia’s deep concerns over the politicized decision of a French court which ruled to set free notorious Kosovo militant leader Ramush Haradinaj.

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A delegation of Serbia's National Assembly on Thursday left a session of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, held in Strasbourg, France, in protest.

The move was prompted by the decision of a French court earlier in the day to reject Serbia's request to extradite Ramush Haradinaj.

Serbia will issue a diplomatic protest note and temporarily recall its ambassador from Paris over a French court’s decision to not to extradite former Kosovo guerrilla and ex-Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to Belgrade.

PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday that Serbia's ambassador to France would be withdrawn for consultations.

A French court has rejected Serbia’s extradition request for former Kosovo Prime Minister and ex-guerrilla Ramush Haradinaj, who is wanted in Belgrade on war crimes charges.

Two opposition parties in Kosovo, the Alliance for the future of Kosovo, AAK, and Nisma, have said they will go into the next elections under a joint nominee for the post of Prime Minister, AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj.

Ramush Haradinaj's brother and member of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Daut Haradinaj continued with threats saying that Belgrade should know that it will receive the same answer as in 1999 and that it should not play with Ramush Haradinaj.

US Senator John McCain will arrive in Belgrade for a meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

Vucic announced this during a news conference on Sunday, and said he and McCain will speak "about the position of Serbia and Kosovo."