Shpend Ahmeti answers Ricardo: I never worked with him.

Pristina Mayor Shpend Ahmeti has reacted after statements by Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, Nenad Ricalo, who through a letter sent to the media, has said he has collaborated with him and several others.

In a pronomation for “Index”, he said he never worked with this person. However, Ahmeti shows he has met once in several months at a board meeting.

“I have no business with him. I was at Bord for the Open Society Fund. Chosen by the Soros Foundation in New York. It has been there as far as Blerim Shala knows, Muhamet Mustafa, Ilir Deda We have after meetings once in three months on board and everyone is behind a minority representative. I remember a little bit, after an NGO, Civil Society”, he says.

Otherwise, in Rikallos' letter, he has explained that his four-year co-operation as a member of the Board at the Soros Foundation along with Shpend Ahmeti and Ilir Deda and other prominent intellectuals from Pristina.

Rikalo said that in 2003 he and Albin Kurti shared in establishing the KAN.

“at the time together we have worked on creating a non-violent war strategy for a better life and reconciliation among people in Kosovo. He has later changed his beliefs by starting another way, has formed the Vetevendosje movement, which uses violent methods for achieving political goals in politics, which I do not agree with, says the Agriculture Minister's communique.