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Shkruar nga Diplomatico | Pamfleti.net
From the halls of NATO to the headlines of the New York Times: Belgrade and Pristina are fighting for narrative, not peace...
In Balkan diplomacy, words carry more weight than facts, and this time the weight came from Belgrade.
Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Đurić has blasted an article by Albin Kurti in the New York Times, calling it a "desperate attempt to demonize Serbia" and sell it to the world as the source of all evil in the Balkans.
According to him, Kurti has taken the flag of instability and waves it as a personal trophy, while trying to convince Western partners that Belgrade is the universal culprit.
On the other hand, Đurić, with a solemn tone and elaborate rhetoric, reminded the public that "Serbia is the pillar of peace and regional stability," a self-proclaimed statement that we hear whenever Belgrade senses the smell of international criticism.
He warned that he would take these accusations to the NATO Summit in Washington and to the UN Security Council, presenting himself as the man who defends the truth from the manipulation of "Kosovo propaganda."
In this narrative, Kurti appears as a master of crisis creation, fueling fear, insecurity and ethnic tension in Kosovo, a picture that, according to Belgrade, is undermining any chance for long-term peace. And while these diplomatic retorts are exchanged like bullets carved into words, the reality on the ground remains the same: Kosovo and Serbia are talking to the world, but not to each other.
In the end, this is an old game that the Balkans know by heart: the parties do not fight to stop the crisis, but to manage it in a way that serves them politically.
In this diplomatic theater, Belgrade and Pristina are not protagonists of peace, but actors in a tired scenario, where the international public is the spectator they want to deceive, and the crisis is always an entry ticket to the centers of global decision-making./ Pamphlet
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