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The arrest and initiation of legal proceedings before the Specialized Court in The Hague against Hashim Thaci and other terrorists from the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army could pose a challenge to the security of Serbs in the province. The extremists’ targets are enclaves in Metohija, and some Albanian militant circles “want” to raid the north of the province, where mostly Serbs live. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić warned that there would be no more “storms” against the Serbian people, no matter where they lived. He said that he was concerned for the Serbs of Kosovo and Metohija, but that Serbia was doing everything possible on its own, as well as through the international factor, to save our people.
“I fear bigger problems and all those who committed crimes must be held accountable for them. But, as I have already said, there will be no new” storms “, there will be no pogroms by the population, and we maintain it. Vučić said. The president said that he personally wants to believe in reason and that Albanians also understand that nothing is solved with weapons. He also recalled that the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh showed how a conflict frozen when thawed can escalate and compared it to the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, emphasizing that our message is “always a message of peace, and that a solution must be found to through dialogue because otherwise, a conflict could happen to us ”.
Pristina reacted sharply to the possibility of reaching a compromise, stating that Vučić wanted a war. These days, following the departure of Hashim Thaci and several KLA leaders to the cells of the Special Court in The Hague on war crimes charges, representatives are competing to press harsher charges against Serbia. The first is v. re. Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani called on the EU and NATO to react to President Vučić’s statements because, as she claims, she threatens war.
The Prime Minister of Provisional Institutions, Avdulah Hoti, said he was not in favor of normalizing relations between Vučić’s statements and stated that Kosovo is committed to peace and stability in the region and beyond. He also called on the EU and NATO to respond to “these provocations”.
The Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petković, assessed that “Pristina’s hysterical reaction” to President Vučić’s speech “is not a controversy with the President of Serbia, but with the stereotypes about Serbia that Pristina systematically nurtures.” He also said that only someone who is incredibly irresponsible can deny that Kosovo and Metohija are, among other things, a security problem, and claim that the danger of unfreezing the frozen conflict in our southern province is not real.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama also joined the controversy, saying yesterday that there was no possibility of Belgrade and Pristina going to war and wondering what kind of war Aleksandar Vucic was talking about. And Serbian Assembly Speaker Ivica Dačić says Kosovo officials are trying with all their might to lie about Serbia and threaten President Vučić with wars.
“On the contrary, Vučić spoke about the need to work to solve the problems in Kosovo and Metohija, and not leave a frozen conflict that would remain an eternal threat,” Dačić said, adding that this is happening while everyone talks about the KLA crimes.
Nemanja Starovic of the Center for Social Stability told “Politika” that the beginning of the trial of the top KLA leaders deepened the already existing political and institutional crisis in Kosovo and Metohija and essentially abolished the already weak preconditions for a successful conclusion. of the negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina.
He asserts that all this taken together necessarily has a negative effect on the level of security of all citizens, among whom, by the nature of things, are the most threatened members of the Serbian community.
“The lack of progress in the dialogue process, the tapping in place and perhaps a total suspension in the coming months, could motivate Albanian political leaders to try a unilateral solution to the Kosovo problem, in line with the appalling formula of that there will be no problem if there is no problem. ” Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija.
“The experiences so far confirm this logic of the crimes, as the Albanians were not only not punished for the pogrom against the Serbs in March 2004, but in the political West it was interpreted as an expression of frustration of the Albanians by the long wait for the recognition of independence, “said Starovic.
Institutional paralysis and the lack of legitimacy among the holders of political power in Kosovo and Metohija could be an additional reason to initiate violence against the Serbs, because that would provoke the necessary reaction from the Belgrade official. The departure of the Trump administration, the only one in the last 20 years that demanded at least roughly the same standards of behavior from Pristina as Belgrade and was willing to resort to the proverbial American stick when Albanians resorted to anti-civilization measures, could raise awareness in Pristina. all allowed.
“Taking all this into account, it is not difficult to report the conclusion that the danger of disturbing the peace in Kosovo and Metohija in the coming months is very high, perhaps the highest since the Brussels dialogue process began almost ten years ago.” , Starovic emphasizes.
Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzja, told “Sputnik” that Kosovo is presented as an example of a young democracy, but that everyone should know that it is a recruiting center for international terrorism and that it is a hotbed of organized crime. And the former officer of the Counterintelligence Service, Ljuban Karan, declares for our newspaper that now all those political leaders and gangsters are covered by the court in The Hague. They point out that they may create unrest in the southern province of Serbia and will probably try to show the international community that no one can control the situation in Kosovo except themselves.
“The violence against the Serbs has never stopped, it is only changing the intensity. First of all, I expect an attack on Serbian enclaves in Metohija, on their safety, lives and property.” I do not expect them to have the courage to attack the north of the province, because that would have a much greater reaction, and Serbia could not see it all with folded arms, “says Karan.
Vučić: They are looking for a way to do anything against Serbia
If someone wants to falsify and manipulate the statement, by which I ask that we avoid a frozen conflict and reach a solution of peace and compromise, then they will understand the depth of the crisis in Pristina and the weight of Serbia’s position, President Aleksandar said yesterday Vucic. When asked about Pristina’s comments that she allegedly threatened war when she said that, Vučić told the politicians there that Serbia is not their enemy, but that they have an interlocutor in Belgrade who wants conversation and peace, but with the condition that Serbia is not humiliated.
He also notes that the day before yesterday the reactions of Pristina and Tirana to his declaration that “a frozen conflict is not the solution” show how difficult the position of Serbia is. He says such reactions are coming from Pristina because they are looking for a way to do something against Serbia, and points out that the Serbian leadership will not give them a reason for that, Tanjug reports. Vučić noted that he called on all members of the government to respond calmly and with a cooperative tone to such and similar reactions from Priština, but also from other parts of the region sent to Serbia.
He concluded that we must speak to the Albanians, because we must live with them and alongside them, but also that they must understand that the Serbs are not their enemy, but a people who want peace. “Albanian politicians have listened and understood me well, but they have their reasons why they have to convey something in a different way,” Vucic said, adding: “They have internal problems, so they have to make it up. My statement was clear and precise, I spoke about the need to avoid a frozen conflict policy and said that Nagorno-Karabakh was also a frozen conflict, so it suddenly thawed. “
“Some attacked me for following a policy of treason, and those who do not listen to what I say … cannot help them,” Vučić said. He stated that it is important for him to keep the peace, which was and will continue to be the policy of Serbia, for Serbia to develop, to be the most successful in Europe, and that he is proud that, on behalf of Serbia, he has had enough courage. to offer peace and compromise. as a solution, not as a frozen conflict. “They act like they’re at war, like they have to say something bad about us every day, and that speaks more about them than about us,” Vucic said.
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