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The well-known German newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" (FAZ) has made a list of Balkan leaders who were eagerly awaiting the arrival of Trump...
In Albania, a big competition has broken out about who loves Donald Trump more. Sali Berisha is the one who goes out every day and does not hide his joy, as Meta did the same, reacting happily from prison. But in fact, according to foreign media, Edi Rama is among the happiest in Albania.
The well-known German newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" (FAZ) has made a list of Balkan leaders who were eagerly awaiting the arrival of Trump, and on that list are Rama, Vucic or Dodik.
According to the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung", some politicians in the Balkans are happy, but no one has shown this joy as openly as Milorad Dodiku. According to her, the most powerful politician of the Serbian population of Bosnia-Herzegovina even organized a party in honor of the former and future American president. Mocking the American embassy in Sarajevo, which, according to him, did not want to organize a party, Dodik said that he took on this task himself.
" Dodik's joy is somewhat surprising, because he is under American sanctions. (...) However, Serbian nationalists like Dodik hope for a friendlier environment with the arrival of Trump ," the newspaper writes.
The article states that the environment could become more favorable for politicians like Dodik if Trump gives an important role to his confidant, Richard Grenell.
In 2019, Trump also appointed his former ambassador to Germany as "special envoy for peace negotiations between Kosovo and Serbia". Hoping to score a quick foreign policy success for his boss before the US elections, Grenell used hard-hitting diplomacy to broker a deal between Belgrade and Pristina. Initially, he used American influence in Kosovo to oust Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who had shown resistance. His successor, Avdullah Hoti, supported by Washington, and the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, then signed two separate documents at the White House, which Trump presented as a historic achievement, although they were largely without substance . the article.
But according to the German media, Grenell has been in constant contact with President Vucic and the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama.
" Grenell did not hide the fact that the connections he had established as a representative of Trump, he wanted to turn into business benefits through investments in the region: "No one should apologize for wanting to make money ," Grenell said in an interview in Albania regarding his plans in the region. Even Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has tangible business interests in the region. An investment fund managed or co-managed by Kushner, with billions of dollars in capital from Saudi Arabia, is pursuing major real estate projects in Belgrade and on the Albanian Mediterranean coast.
In the center of the Serbian capital, it is expected that the old headquarters of the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army, which was destroyed in 1999 during the NATO war, will be replaced by a real estate complex. It is planned to build a luxury hotel, 1,500 apartments and a museum, which will commemorate the "NATO aggression against Serbia", so it would overturn the historical facts and present Belgrade as a victim. Large tourist complexes are expected to be built in Albania ", the article states.
According to the German newspaper, whether these investments will be realized remains to be seen, but the political benefits that Vucic and Rama would have from business ties with Trump's relatives and friends are clear.
But the newspaper also mentions an investigation by the Finance Committee of the American Senate, which has revealed that officials from Albania and Serbia had approached the fund associated with Kushner, "Affinity Partners", with investment proposals. The chairman of the commission, Senator Ron Wyden, has warned that there is a risk that Serbia and Albania will gain significant control over the investments of the family of the next American president. / Pamphlet
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