U.S. diplomat says Kosovo police officers should be released

Gabriel Escobar, the U.S. envoy tasked with mediating the Kosovo crisis, said on Friday that three Kosovo police officers detained by Serbia earlier this week "had no intention to be in Serbia and should be released".

Escobar remarks came shortly after a Serbian court ordered the continued detention and investigation of the three, charging them with unauthorised production, possession, carrying and trafficking of weapons and explosive substances.

Kosovo says the three officers were arrested on Wednesday inside its territory by Serbian forces who had crossed the border. Belgrade says they were detained inside Serbia by police.