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The first meeting for missing persons is held in Brussels, family members are skeptical about the results

The first meeting for missing persons is held in Brussels, family members are skeptical about the results

The emissary of the European Union for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajçak, has announced that this week in Brussels the first meeting of the Joint Commission for missing persons during the last war in Kosovo will be held.

The meeting comes as part of the implementation of agreements between the two parties, but the families of the missing have expressed skepticism about any concrete progress.

Ahmet Grajçevci, representative of the Council of missing family members, stated on Dukagjini TV that he does not expect any results from this meeting. According to him, the issue of missing persons has been politicized and is not treated as a humanitarian problem.


"This meeting will not have anything new. They know where our family members ended up, but Serbia does not tell about the mass graves. This issue should have been concluded earlier, but international pressure has been negligent. Serbia has all the data, everything is documented and filmed," said Grajçevci.

Even Aid Çerkini, the grandson of Bajram Çerkini, one of the people who lost family members during the war, expressed his disappointment for the lack of expected results. He said that the first meeting will only be informative and he does not expect "greater value" from this process.

"I hope that the Ohrid agreement will be implemented, but this initial meeting is not expected to bring anything concrete." The families are still hoping, but more pressure is needed from the international factor," Cerkini said.

He added that his grandfather, Bajram Čerkini, who has been looking for lost loved ones for years, is in a serious state of health. "I hope that one day we will sleep peacefully and have a place to put flowers next to the grave of our dearest," said Cerkini.

The process for clarifying the fate of over 1,600 persons who disappeared during the war remains one of the most sensitive issues in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue. The families of the victims continue to demand justice and transparency, while international pressure on both sides is considered crucial for the progress of this process.