War criminals have no place in government, US ambassador tells Kosovo

FILE PHOTO: Protesters hold posters of Sylejman Selimi, a war commander during the 1998-1999 war, during a protest against a parliamentary vote to create a new war crimes court in Pristina, Kosovo May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Hazir Reka/File Photo

PRISTINA (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Kosovo has criticized Kosovo's government for hiring an ex-Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander convicted of war crimes as an advisor to the prime minister.

"Convicted war criminals have no place in Kosovo's government," the ambassador, Philip S. Kosnett, wrote on Twitter late on Wednesday.