The new Kosovo regime spoke to Serbia in the language of ultimatums and blackmail
The former head of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija of the Serbian government, Serbian Ambassador to the United States Marko Djuric reacted to the statement of the “Prime Minister” of Kosovo Albin Kurti about the resumption of “measures of reciprocity."
This was reported by Politika, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Serbian Ambassador to the United States Marko Djuric today assessed the statement of the “Prime Minister” of Kosovo Albin Kurti on the resumption of “measures of reciprocity”, that is, the recognition of Serbia’s documentation by Pristina in exchange for Belgrade’s recognition of Pristina’s documentation, which would actually mean recognition of Kosovo’s independence, which Belgrade will not agree to maybe, but the consequence of these measures is the separatists’ refusal to allow Serbian goods, fuels and medicines into Kosovo.
According to the ambassador, such a step is nothing more than an attempt to address Serbia with the language of ultimatums and blackmail, which, in his opinion, is something much more serious and dangerous than just threats. He noted that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and the country's government are firmly committed to constructive dialogue, but will definitely not allow Kurti or any other Albanian leader to use the language of threats and blackmail in the dialogue.
“I don’t think we are talking only about threats, unfortunately, we are talking about something more dangerous,” says Marko Djuric. “There is also an attempt to address Serbia in the language of ultimatums and blackmail: either you unconditionally recognize Kosovo’s unilaterally declared independence, or you will face retaliation, in various hybrid forms and punitive measures.”
Marko Djuric.
The diplomat believes that the “punitive measures” of the Kurti regime will be primarily aimed at the economy and individuals who carried out any transportation between central Serbia and Kosovo. According to him, such discourse from Pristina can only come as a surprise to those who, out of naivety or based on their own political interests, unreasonably saw Kurti as a representative of the “moderate or civil wing.”
“Personally, I believe that there is nothing moderate about the new Pristina government, and the wider international community, and all those in the region, for opportunistic or other reasons, have been watching it favorably will soon be convinced of this,” Djuric said.
The diplomat recalled that a week after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Pristina to take a constructive approach in the dialogue, Kurti instead announced reciprocity measures. And then the official representative of his Self-Determination party announced unification with Albania “with a machine gun if necessary.” And the culmination of the process was requirements An NGO from Pristina to initiate a criminal case against the abbot of the Visoki Decani monastery, Sava Janjic.
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