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Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Ferit Hoxha, has reacted through a post on the X platform to the statement of the Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, Snezhana Paunovic, who stated that, if she had been in Slobodan Milosevic's place in 1998, she would have "ethnically cleansed Kosovo."
Hoxha described the statement as unacceptable and shocking, stressing that it constitutes a grave insult to the victims of war. According to him, the relativization of crimes against humanity harms efforts for reconciliation and cooperation in the region, while emphasizing that the European perspective of the Western Balkans can only be built on truth, responsibility and respect for the victims.
"The statement by a member of the Serbian government, publicly expressing regret that even greater ethnic cleansing has not been carried out in Kosovo, is unacceptable, shocking and a grave insult to the victims of the war.
The relativization and normalization of one of the most serious crimes against humanity, crimes condemned by history, by international justice and by human conscience itself, contradict the values on which today's Europe is built. They undermine efforts for reconciliation and cooperation, feed mistrust and hatred, and reopen wounds that have not yet healed.
No one can build trust by bringing back the darkest shadows of the past, much less by glorifying policies and figures who bear responsibility for tragedies, suffering, and crimes that have left deep marks on the history of our region, such as the "butcher of the Balkans."
"The process of normalization and reconciliation, which Kosovo, Serbia and our entire region so desperately need, requires above all responsibility, reflection and courage to face the past. It can never be built on statements that justify or glorify the policies that brought so much pain and destruction, but only on the truth, respect for the victims and sincere commitment to a common European future," Hoxha writes.
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