Kosovo's Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli called on the United Nations on Saturday to investigate the actions of Russian national Mikhail Krasnoshchekov, a staff member of the UN Mission in Kosovo, who was injured in an operation of Kosovar police earlier in the week
BELGRADE (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st June, 2019) Kosovo's Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli called on the United Nations on Saturday to investigate the actions of Russian national Mikhail Krasnoshchekov, a staff member of the UN Mission in Kosovo, who was injured in an operation of Kosovar police earlier in the week.Kosovar police launched on Tuesday a special operation under the pretext of combating organized crime in the country's Serb-populated north. At least 19 people were detained during the operation, including Krasnoshchekov, who was beaten up and later hospitalized with a broken cheekbone and upper jaw. The Russian national is currently undergoing treatment in Belgrade.
"The United Nations is an organization [that promotes] peace, security and global justice and whose efforts are highly appreciated by free and democratic countries. That is why those who abuse their immunity and participate in sketchy or criminal plans and actions have place neither in Kosovo nor in the United Nations or its missions worldwide ... I will demand that our diplomatic mission in the United States ... consider the case of this individual [Krasnoshchekov] as a matter that contradicts the efforts to ensure peace and order in our country," Pacolli told Kosovo's RTK broadcaster.
The foreign minister added that Kosovo was ready to work closely on the matter with the United Nations.
On Friday, Pacolli declared Krasnoshchekov persona non grata. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that it viewed this step as a continuation of the blatant line on the aggravation of inter-ethnic relations in the province.
