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Kosova2023-06-23 08:44:00

Kurti interview for the German media: I am not stubborn, but principled! Our friends have few expectations from Vucic

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Kurti interview for the German media: I am not stubborn, but principled! Our
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, in an interview with the German newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung" rejects the accusations from Brussels and Washington.

He thinks that Serbia should respond.

Relations between Serbia and Kosovo are more tense than in previous years. Washington warns that the crisis could escalate into a regional conflict, while the European Union is threatening Kosovo with sanctions. This is how the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" newspaper describes the current situation.

Journalist Tobias Tzick explains to German readers that "the mediation efforts of the EU and the US are aimed at persuading Pristina to form the Association of Municipalities with a Serbian majority, while Belgrade must recognize the de facto independence of Kosovo."

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, said that in the meeting with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, in March, he presented a draft with the main conditions: "The constitutionality of our Republic must be recognized. The association cannot have executive power and no additional level of government can be created. But as soon as the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo is mentioned, Mr. Vučič does not want to hear anything about it".

"I don't think I'm stubborn, I'm principled"

"When I meet Mr. Vučić", says Kurti, "it always seems to me that he wants to go back in time: sometimes to 1999 when we were liberated, sometimes before 2008 when we declared independence and sometimes before February 27 of this year, when he said 'Yes' to the agreement presented by the EU in Brussels, but which he did not sign".

To the German journalist's remark that Western diplomats consider him a difficult partner and accuse him of being stubborn, Kurti replies: "I don't think I'm stubborn, I'm principled." Politics cannot be seen in isolation from ethics and values".

Më pas kryeministri shton se i ka dëgjuar “miqtë dhe partnerët ndërkombëtarë” kur kanë kërkuar shtyrjen e zgjedhjeve si dhe për zhvendosjen e vendit të betimit të kryetarëve të bashkive “për të shmangur skenat triumfuese”. Por shton ai, “kryetarët e bashkisë duhet të shkojnë në zyrat e tyre – apo mos vallë duhet ta bëjnë punën përmes zoom-it?”

“Perëndimi do të arrijë të kundërtën”

Kryeministri i pyetur se si e vlerëson faktin se “Bashkimi Evropian e kërcënon Kosovën me sanksione, ndërsa është jashtëzakonisht i butë ndaj Beogradit”, Kurti përgjigjet: “Miqtë tanë në BE dhe SHBA kanë pak pritshmëri nga Beogradi”. Kjo është arsyeja pse çdo gjest pozitiv i Beogradit është i mbivlerësuar dhe i fryrë. Në të njëjtën kohë, ata kanë shpresa të mëdha për Serbinë në planin afatmesëm. Një politikë e tillë krijon probleme sigurie për të gjithë fqinjët e Serbisë”.

Gazetari gjerman thekson se, “sipas një interpretimi, BE-ja dhe SHBA-ja duan të përdorin politikën e tyre me qëllime të mira për të ndarë Vuçiqin nga lidhjet e tij të ngushta me Putinin dhe kështu ta lidhin atë më afër vetes”. Kryeministri i Kosovës vlerëson se “diçka e tillë mund të funksionojë me një demokrat, por jo me një autokrat. Një autokrat do ta shohë çdo akt bujarie ose tolerance si një shenjë frike ose dobësie”. Prandaj, thotë ai, “duke menduar se koncesionet do ta joshin zotin Vuçiç të kthehet drejt Perëndimit – do të arrihet pikërisht e kundërta”.

“Serbia duhet ta njohë Kosovën dhe të përballet me krimet”

"We have not achieved much", says Albin Kurti about the dialogue so far: "After several hours of talks on the basic agreement, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Policy and Security (Josep) Borell declared on March 18: "We have a agreement." And on April 24, Mr. Vucic stated at the press conference that he accepts the agreement only as a concept and not as content. Later he informed Berlin, Paris and Washington that he intends to implement only some parts of the agreement", says Kurti.

And finally, to the question of whether true trust is possible between him and Belgrade, given that as a student leader he was in prison in Serbia for a while, Albin Kurti answers that "there cannot be complete trust until Serbia does not recognize Kosovo as an independent state and until it faces the crimes it committed during the war". 

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