Coordinator of the Association of Families of the Killed and Missing Persons, Milorad Trifunovic confirmed to KIM radio that the International Day of the Missing Persons will be held at Gracanica on August 30 at 11:00.

Trifunovic said that he did not know why the representatives of this association were not invited last week to a regular session of the Organizing Committee for marking the August 30th at the Kosovo government building, and where Serbs and Serbia were repeatedly called upon, reports portal Kossev.

Coordinator of Missing and Kidnapped Persons Families in Kosovo, Milorad Trifunovic told Radio kontakt plus destiny of 1654 persons still remains unknown, while 562 persons belong to the Serb and non-Albanian ethnicities.

Trifunovic, whose brother was kidnapped in 1998, told the radio that any hope is lost some of the missing and kidnapped persons could be still alive.

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj will meet today with representatives of the government's Missing Persons Commission and organizations that are dealing with the issue of missing persons in Kosovo.

Representatives of the Serbian Association of Families of the Abducted and Missing Persons are not invited to this meeting.

Politicians’ promises that the destiny of the missing persons during the war in Kosovo would be resolved and this issue would become a topic of the Brussels dialogue, is just pouring salt to the wounds, said Coordinator of Missing Persons Association in Kosovo, Milorad Trifunovic, RTV Puls reported.

Representatives of the Serbian and Albanian associations of families of kidnapped and killed during the war in Kosovo again appealed to officials in Belgrade, Pristina and international community to take concrete measures to clarify the fate of missing persons, KIM Radio reported.