SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 24, SPA -- Bulgarian authorities have detained a former Kosovo prime minister on an international arrestwarrant issued by Interpol at Serbia's request. Police say Agim Ceku, the prime minister of Kosovo between2006 and 2008, was taken into custody at the Gyueshevoborder checkpoint while entering Bulgaria from Macedonialate Tuesday. Ceku, 59, is wanted for war crimes allegedly committedduring the 1998-1999 war when he was military chief of theKosovo Liberation Army, The Associated Press reported. The prosecutor's office said Ceku will be held in custodyin the western city of Kyustendil, where the district courtwill consider his case. In Pristina, Kosovo authorities said they have been incontact with Bulgarian officials to negotiate Ceku'srelease. Ceku's arrest comes despite repeated requests from U.N. officials in Pristina that the Belgrade-issued arrest bedisregarded. Most recently Ceku was deported from Colombia. Before thathe was held overnight in prisons in Slovenia in 2003 andHungary in 2004. Kosovo proclaimed independence last year and wasrecognized by leading Western nations, including the UnitedStates and most of the European Union nations, includingBulgaria.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/677920