Bahtiri: Even my father was taken from the grave, because I don't give any of Kosovo a palm tree before I enter his grave.

South Mitrovica Mayor Agim Bahtiri, in an interview for Periscope, has said he will continue to oppose the idea of exchanging territories and that he would not agree to touch any palm of Kosovo territory. Bahtiri has said that his attitude against this idea is [...]
Bahtiri has said that his attitude against this idea has been shared with President Thaci in four eyes, and that he would not change his attitude even if he was taken from the grave by a father.
I have also told Thaci in four eyes that I am against him and will tell him whenever necessary, because the idea of negotiating Kosovo's borders has been 20 years of Serbs. Their idea has been every time Serbia and Albania speak of Kosovo, forgetting that Kosovo already has its own institutions and is an internationally recognised state. One knows that I loved my father very much, that I had a very powerful father, speech and trust. But even he woke me up from my grave and told me that you have to change your mind, I tell your father I'm ashes in the grave right now, and I don't do that because I don't want to touch any palm of Kosovo's territory. I don't want to burden any of this on the offspring of my”, said Bahtiri about Periscope.
According to him, this idea of President Thaci has caused many problems and divisions among the political spectrum in Kosovo.
We never dare to put the change of territories on the table. Agim Bahtiri will always be against such an agreement. This territory was won by the blood of martyrs, the people who gave their lives for the purpose. We have no right to step on their blood. I don't have anything personal with anybody. I have good reports with everyone. That's not what I'm going to allow, I'm going to be strong in this direction, I've also crossed party boundaries often. Serbs want this only as negotiation, but what the outcome will be, no one knows. I know the power of Serbs who are compact in their attitudes. Kosovo's friends are either not in high positions, or have died altogether. This theory should fall”, Bahtiri declared.
He has said Thaci should stop with this process, and political leaders in Kosovo become men and reach an agreement for Kosovo platform and delegation in these talks.. / P ERISCOPIA












