Thaci makes clear to EULEX that I must leave Kosovo: We do not need eternal missions

Thaci has said that Kosovo wants to integrate into the EU, not have its eternal missions in Kosovo.

He has said hundreds of millions of euros of European taxpayers have been spent and continue to be spent on the prosperity of the EULEX mission.

“How it is possible with all this involvement, unprecedented, the responsibility to be solely on the Kosovo side. I clearly stress that our state goal is EU membership, and not that in Kosovo there are eternal missions of it”.

He has then directed a message even to Kosovo's justice institutions, which he has said must have knowledge and courage to carry out their work.

I believe the time has come for some of our institutions to show more responsibility and self-confidence. Lack of knowledge and courage to perform the task with honor cannot be justified. So my clear message to all officials who love their work and our country is: Obey the law completely and indiscriminately, for we will give no excuse to claim the continuation of missions in eternity. In the summer of next year, we will see complete completion of current mission mandate E ULEX. If by now we've talked about transition, about contraction, we need to talk right now about the closing phase. We're proud to be part of the civilized European civilization and we're committed to defending Western values, which we inherited from our forefathers”, he said.