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Foreign Ministry, security services had no contact with kidnappers
Belgrade,
20 February 2016
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said today, on the occasion of the death of two officers of the Embassy of Serbia in Libya, that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Serbian security services had no contact with the kidnappers.
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Fonet
Dacic said in a statement that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Serbian security services have never received any of their requirements, which includes those of possibly financial nature, and have not negotiated about that with anyone.
We only had contact with the Libyan authorities and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as with foreign agencies. Various alleged intermediaries contacted the families, but none of their alleged demands, whether in terms of finances, weapons and any other issue, could have never been confirmed by the Libyan side, so this could have never been the topic of discussion, Dacic stated.
Driver and officer of the Serbian Embassy in Libya, Jovica Stepic and Sladjana Stankovic, were kidnapped on 28 November last year, and were killed in US air strikes against bases of the Islamic State in Libya.
We only had contact with the Libyan authorities and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as with foreign agencies. Various alleged intermediaries contacted the families, but none of their alleged demands, whether in terms of finances, weapons and any other issue, could have never been confirmed by the Libyan side, so this could have never been the topic of discussion, Dacic stated.
Driver and officer of the Serbian Embassy in Libya, Jovica Stepic and Sladjana Stankovic, were kidnapped on 28 November last year, and were killed in US air strikes against bases of the Islamic State in Libya.
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