The luggage of prime minister of the provisional Kosovo government Hasim Taci and four other ministers was searched in detail at the Pristina airport on their departure for Turkey, the Pristina-based daily Zeri wrote.

"Taci, together with Fatmir Ljimaj, Enver Hodzaj, Ljutfi Zarko and Blerand Stavileci, had experienced a detail search while passing through the airport's VIP zone on their departure for Turkey," the daily wrote, adding that EULEX customs officers carried out the luggage search.

On their departure for a two-day official visit to Turkey, the government delegation had to walk several meters, because their car was not allowed to get close to the airplane, which is a customary practice.

The door to the VIP zone, through which Kosovo's top-ranking officials usually drive, was blocked by a car of EULEX customs service, while several customs officers of the mission were standing nearby.

EULEX officials did not release many details on this unusual customs control, but they clarified that it was a legal procedure.

Customs officers of Kosovo and EULEX, in cooperation with the airport security, carried out a luggage control using scanners and X-rays in the VIP zone, which is a legal procedure, EULEX spokesperson Bljerim Krasnici said. He did not specify whether the luggage conrol was carried out with a particular goal.