Kosovo's Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj speaks during a press conference in Pristina, Kosovo, July 19, 2019. REUTERS/Laura Hasani
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo's prime minister said on Friday he was resigning because he had been called to a war crimes court in The Hague to answer prosecutors' questions related to Kosovo's violent independence struggle two decades ago.
"The reason for this decision is because of a call I have received to be interviewed by a specialist chamber as a suspect," Ramush Haradinaj said, his eyes welling in tears as he spoke to reporters after a government session.
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