A court in Slovenia has ruled that former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has diplomatic immunity and can return home after being detained there on a Serbian war crimes warrant this week.
Haradinaj, an opposition political leader and former guerrilla commander during Kosovo's 1998-99 war, had been ordered to remain in Slovenia until a court ruled on his case.
In a statement, the district court in Kranj, Slovenia, said Haradinaj was free to leave.
The arrest of Haradinaj, who was prime minister of Kosovo in 2004-2005, had infuriated Kosovars, many of whom consider him a hero for his role in fighting Serbian forces in 1998-99.
The former Serbian province declared independence in 2008.
Haradinaj was tried and acquitted twice of war crimes at a United Nations court in the Hague.
He frequently travels through Europe, including Slovenia, and it remains unclear why police acted on the 2004 warrant on this occasion and not earlier.
