Pristina – Former Kosovo prime minister Agim Ceku, who was expelled from Colombia after being sought by Serbia for war crimes, on Saturday accused Belgrade of issuing “political and judicially unfounded warrants.”

Colombia on Thursday expelled Ceku who was attending a conference on disarmament in Cartagena. Serbian officials issued an Interpol warrant and wanted Ceku arrested but Colombian law doesn’t allow this.

Ceku told journalists in Pristina on Saturday that Colombian officials “were not impressed with Serbia’s demands” and had not planned to expel him, but changed their minds after an order from Interpol came.

“Serbia is abusing its membership in Interpol and discredits Interpol by pushing its unfounded political demands,” Ceku said.

“I think it’s time Interpol says ‘enough with ridiculous demands’,” he added.

Ceku was expelled from Colombia late Wednesday and travelled to Croatia.

Serbia indicted the former commander of Kosovo Albanian insurgents for alleged war crimes against Serbs during the 1998-99 war in Kosovo. Ceku is accused of murdering and ordering the murders of 669 Serbs and 18 non-Albanians.

NATO bombed Serbia in 1999 to stop the crackdown of Serbian armed forces against Albanian insurgents in Kosovo, then a province of Serbia. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February 2008 after nine years of being under international administration. (dpa)