
Sonja Biserko, head of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Belgrade, says that the West will prevent any attempt to destabilize Kosovo and that Serbia will not be tolerated to cross the red line.
Biserko said that the West has not forgiven Serbia for the September 24 attack in Banjska i Zvecani.
"The fact that KFOR reinforcements were immediately sent to Kosovo shows that the West is ready to protect Kosovo and prevent any 'excursion' from Serbia. However, Kosovars fear that there may be more surprises from Belgrade. In the current geostrategic circumstances, security has become a priority for the West and in this sense any attempt to destabilize Kosovo will be prevented. This is a red line and any attempt by Belgrade to pursue new adventures will not be tolerated. Banjska did not apologize, but no sanctions were imposed on Serbia", she said in an interview for the Malaysian medium "Aktuelno.me".
According to Biserko, the West, especially the USA, expects that the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, after today's elections, will fulfill what he promised, "which is mainly the implementation of the German-French plan for normalization", Gazeta Express reports.
"The incursion of the Serbian pre-units in the north of Kosovo was a kind of alarm for the Western international community because it became clear that Belgrade had not given up its plans for the division of Kosovo. Since so far there has been no official report on that event, apart from Belgrade's denial that it took part in it, the quick reaction of NATO, the US and the EU shows that the escalation and destabilization of the Balkans will not be allowed . This broke the trust in President Vučić, but apparently he is still being counted on, but in significantly changed circumstances", said Biserko.
But she emphasizes that "it should be borne in mind that Belgrade is delaying all promises, waiting for a change in the White House, while clearly cheering for Trump".
"Belgrade expects that apart from Russia and then the new American administration, the prospects for the realization of a 'Serbian world' would be quite realistic," said Biserko.
Regarding the possible results of the elections that are being held today, Biserko said that "there are many analyzes that show that SNS will not get the majority, but it is still the dominant party".
"Since there is a great coalition potential, it is likely that the SNS will form the new government. However, the coalition Serbia against violence is counting on victory in Belgrade and several other cities in Serbia (Sabac, Kragujevc), so the results are uncertain. If the opposition wins Belgrade, it would be the beginning of the end of SNS rule. Although the discontent of the citizens is great, which has been especially visible since May after the massacre at the primary school in Ribnikar in Belgrade and in Mladenovc. However, Vucic skillfully diverted attention from existential issues to the Kosovo issue, which still has a very high emotional potential. Unfortunately, the opposition fell into that trap, even though this question will await them if they win the elections. "Almost everyone declared against the Franco-German plan for Kosovo," she said.
"Unfortunately, Serbia has not yet moved away from nationalism, which Vučić used as the main trump card in this case as well, with the thesis about the threat of Serbs in the region. It must be said that the society has been destroyed so much that it has lost the democratic potential for changes and reforms", added Biserko.
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