US House of Representatives adopts resolution on Bytyqi brothers

The House of Representatives of the US Congress for the first time unanimously passed a resolution on the killing of the three Bytyqi brothers, three US citizens from Kosovo, which, according to the Pristina-based Gazeta Express newspaper, said the killings were supported by the state.

This, as stated, paves the way for both houses of Congress to pass the resolution.

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According to Gazeta Express, the resolution states, among other things, that "progress in resolving this case, or lack thereof, should remain a significant factor determining further development of relations between the US and the Republic of Serbia."

The brothers, Mehmet, Agron and Ylli Bytyqi were arrested in 1999 upon entering Serbia for illegally crossing the border, as then Serbian authorities claimed. After serving their sentence they were released from prison and then killed.

Photo: MUP

Their bodies were discovered in July 2001 in a mass grave in Petrovo Selo, eastern Serbia, in an area controlled by a unit under the command of Goran Radosavljevic Guri. The bodies were found with their hands tied and gunshot wounds to the back of the head.

Two police officers were charged with aiding and abetting the murder of the Bytyqi brothers - Sreten Popovic and Milos Stojanovic, who have been acquitted of war crimes charges by the Belgrade Higher Court. The court said that there was no evidence of their involvement in the July 1999 killings.

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(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)