Tirana hesitant with the sanctions against Kosovo!

2023-06-14 21:19:00, Opinione Lutfi Dervishi

Tirana hesitant with the sanctions against Kosovo!

Journalist Lutfi Dervishi

Three policemen from Kosovo, each with a cane, binoculars and a radio, attempted to invade Serbia today at noon.

Serbian special forces stopped the aggressors. Tensions remain high.

Belgrade said it had warned its Western partners about provocations that could come from Pristina.

" This is not the first time that Kosovo has provoked Serbia. At a time when tension was expected to decrease, today's act shows that Kosovo does not give up its hegemonic policy in the region and is once again proving itself as a "source of instability", said a source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia .

The EU spokesman said that " he is monitoring the situation with concern ". The EU's special emissary for talks between Serbia and Kosovo, Lajcak, said that he was sorry for this sudden act of Pristina and hopes that such acts will not be repeated.

"We must focus on the dialogue and look ahead" . - said Lajcak.

Another Western diplomat said that Kosovo should give up provocations and focus on its future.

"It is time for Prishtina to split its mind and decide where it sees the future: in the EU or in the steppes of Russia?".

The time has come for Pristina to give up its strategic hesitancy, an American diplomat added, and align itself with the West, condemn Russian aggression in Ukraine and leave behind its aggressive past.

The EU and the US have warned of harsh sanctions against Pristina if it does not give up its provocative acts against Serbia.

A five-point plan on behalf of Quintiti will be officially presented to the authorities in Pristina.

Prishtina is requested to 1. stop sending thugs to the south of Serbia, 2. stop mobilizing the army on the border with Serbia, 3. positively influence the Albanians in the Presheva Valley to return to the elections and stop boycotting the institutions. 4. Arrest the organizers of the attacks on KFOR and 5. Immediately take steps to reduce the tension.

Kurti also has an informal request for the prime minister: " not to appear in front of the army wearing a khaki T-shirt like Zelenski. "

" Serbia is a new democracy, the only country in the region that has a non-corrupt prime minister, and historically suffered from the hegemony of Kosovo. "Enough is enough, " said a German diplomat frustrated by Pristina's repeated provocations.

Meanwhile, Western diplomats expect more from Tirana to put pressure on Pristina to moderate its stance and give up the policy of conflict and provocations.

"Tirana is disappointing us, said a diplomat on the condition of anonymity, it could and should have done more, and is late with the sanctions against Kosovo".