PRISTINA – Kosovo’s prime minister said on Thursday his government would not attend United States-mediated talks with Serbia planned for the weekend at the White House after Kosovo’s president was formally accused of war crimes.
A special prosecutor’s office dealing with Kosovo’s 1998-99 uprising against Serbian rule said on Wednesday it had indicted Kosovo President Hashim Thaci at a Hague court for alleged crimes including nearly 100 murders.
Thaci and Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti had been due to meet with a Serbian delegation for the first round of U.S.-brokered negotiations aimed at normalizing relations. (Reuters)
