FILE PHOTO: President of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) Ramush Haradinaj, a Kosovo Albanian former guerilla commander who served briefly as prime minister, speaks during an interview with Reuters at the AAK headquarters in Pristina December 4, 2012. REUTERS/Hazir Reka
COLMAR, France/BELGRADE (Reuters) - A French appeals court on Thursday refused a Serbian request to extradite former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj to face war crimes charges, prompting Belgrade to recall its ambassador from Paris.
The court in France, which recognises Kosovo's independence, immediately released Haradinaj, who was detained on Jan 4. He is due to arrive in Pristina later in the day.
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