BESA member of Parliament Kastriot Rexhepi, who went missing today in a development that postponed the vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government, is a former long serving employee of the Dutch Embassy in Macedonia.

Rexhepi is a former consular employee of the Dutch Embassy in Macedonia, and this was noted by many commentators – especially given that Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was in Macedonia for a meeting with Zoran Zaev yesterday.

On the other side of the political divide, DUI party official Artan Grubi – another former employee of the Dutch Embassy in Skopje – said that Rexhepi was motivated by his “pro-EU, pro-NATO and pro-friendship with the US convictions” to withdraw himself from the push to bring down Zaev and Ahmeti. “I know him, he was my colleague, and his heart sleeps in Brussels and Washington”, said Deputy Prime Minister Grubi.