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PM Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday that Serbia did not break diplomatic relations with France after that country refused to extradite Ramush Haradinaj.

BELGRADE - Ramus Haradinaj cannot be extradited to Albania merely on account of having Albanian citizenship as it is not a basis for seeking extradition, the Serbian Justice Ministry has said.

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.

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A protest note was handed late on Thursday to French Ambassador in Belgrade Christine Moro.

Ramus Haradinaj - Photo: RTS

Leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj arrived in Pristina last night. At the airport in Pristina he was welcomed by his closest family and associates. In the city center a festive reception was organized, attended by large number of citizens.

A protest note was handed late on Thursday to French Ambassador in Belgrade Christine Moro.

A court in Colmar, France, on Thursday decided to reject Serbia's request to extradite Ramush Haradinaj on war crimes charges.

The Kosovo Albanian politician and former KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army") leader will be released.

Celebrating crowds in central Pristina greeted former Kosovo Prime Minister and ex-guerrilla Ramush Haradinaj, after a French court refused to extradite him to Serbia to face war crimes charges.

After a French court rejected Serbia's request for Ramush Haradinaj's extradition, President Tomislav Nikolic wrote to his French counterpart Francois Hollande.

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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.