A Kosovo government delegation on missing persons, accompanied by representatives from the Police Directorate for War Crimes Investigation and the Institute of Forensic Medicine, conducted an official visit to the Republic of Croatia to strengthen collaboration in locating and identifying missing persons from the war.
The meeting took place in Vukovar, where the Kosovo delegation was received by officials from the Directorate for Prisoners and Missing Persons of the Homeland War, led by Ana Filko.
Discussions focused on experience sharing, addressing common challenges, and improving methods for locating mass and individual graves.
Kushtrim Gara, head of the Kosovo Commission unit, thanked the Croatian side for the hospitality and highlighted Vukovar’s symbolic role as a city of sacrifice and resistance during the Homeland War, as well as the importance of continued inter-institutional cooperation in handling cases of forcibly disappeared persons.
The meeting also presented Croatia’s methodology for discovering mass and individual graves, including the use of ground-penetrating radar, specially trained search dogs, drones, and other modern technical equipment. The delegations discussed opportunities for concrete collaboration and professional support in investigating potential locations. Special emphasis was placed on the legal dimension of the process, ensuring respect for the rights of families of the missing.
