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TEHRAN, February 14 - Kosovo's president has called an international war crimes court with jurisdiction over potential Kosovar suspects a "historical injustice," adding his government only reluctantly accepted it as the "price for its liberty."
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - In an interview with The Associated Press ahead of the 10th anniversary of Kosovo declaring independence from Serbia, Hashim Thaci slammed the court, based in The Hague, Netherlands, as akin to creating a court to judge Jews who were persecuted by the Nazis in World War II.
He said Wednesday: "Kosovo held a defensive war for its existence as a nation and attacked no one."
Kosovo's bloody war for independence ended with a 1999 NATO air campaign.
The Kosovo war crimes court has jurisdiction over alleged war crime suspects in Kosovo, but has yet to hear any cases.
Source: AP
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