Delegates from Europe endorsed claims about illegal organ trafficking by Kosovan soldiers in the 1998-99 war

Kosovo's campaign for wider acceptance by the international community suffered a blow on Tuesday as delegates from around Europe overwhelmingly endorsed claims about illegal organ trafficking by Kosovan soldiers in the 1998-99 war. "We are ready to face and we as Kosovo want to face," the report, Kosovo's acting president, Jakup Krasniqi, told reporters. "We are convinced that this cannot be proven in any way."

The Assembly of the Council of Europe approved rapporteur Dick Marty’s report.  Accordimg to the report the KLA was involved in organ trafficking of abduction of Serbs durng the 1998-1999 war in Kosova, between Kosova and Serbia. PACE called the relevant authorities to launch investigations into allegations made in Marty’s report.

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Wednesday attacked a Council of Europe report on alleged trafficking of organs as racist, but said Tirana would nevertheless cooperate with any probe. "The report is a racist fabrication, written by anti-Albanian racists," Berisha said of the report, which was endorsed by the Council of Europe on Tuesday. He was speaking at a government meeting broadcast live by several television channels. "We are open to any probes that can be conducted on all territory of the state although I firmly reject the possibility of organ trafficking in Albania and what's more the existence of mass graves in the country," he added.

The report was prepared by the Council's special rapporteur on human rights, Dick Marty. The Council called on Albania and Kosovo authorities to "initiate a serious and independent investigation" into the issue. But PM Berisha by addressing the issue directly with Mr. Marty said "you must be completely blind to believe that an Albanian family would have allowed their house to be used for a massacre." The Albanian prime minister was supposed to address the parliamentary assembly in Strasbourg on the allegations on Thursday, but because of the political crisis at home he dismissed the trip.

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The approval of Dick Marty’s report at the Council of Europe has triggered significant reactions from Kosovo. Beqë Cufaj said that everyone is aware that such resolutions do not have any legal implication its moral damage is extremely big for Kosova. This document, for the first time, blackens the liberation war and KLA. The damage to the image of the country is done therefore he considers that appeals for the investigations by EULEX are rightful. Now the situation is extremely serious and justice should bring a verdict as soon as possible. Kosovo is being kept as a hostage, while Serbia, despite the systematic crimes, remains unpunished. Instead of dealing with over ten thousand of killed, over a million Albanians expelled from their homes, damages of billions of dollars, thousands of raped women and disabled people whilst the international justice found right now to deal with Dick Marty, concludes.

The Assembly of the Council of Europe approval is and remains against the Independence of Kosova and nothing else.