The tense encounters for the Ibër Bridge ... Rakiqi asks Agim Bahtiri to a southern village

According to him, the opening of this bridge has remained hostage to Goran Rakiqi's demands, which in exchange for opening the Ibër Bridge, has demanded that the village of Suhadol of Mitrovica enter within the administrative borders of North Mitrovica.

The Bahtiri for Periscope has said that such demand for him is irreplaceable and that in no way will I allow it to be realized.

I don't know the opening date of the bridge. There are some higher figures than me who make this decision. All I can say is that the bridge will soon open. We had a meeting with Rakiq at Apostolova. At the meeting with Rakiqi, I said there should be bridges open and there's no obstacle to this anymore. The bridge will be ceremonially opened, but Rakiqi has unalable demands. He wants the administrative border of the two municipalities affected, and we have discussed it in Brussels as well. He wants to take Suhadol Village north, which I will not allow. I am determined to keep every inch of land on Ahtisaari's plan, will never let go. We can't make a municipality ethnically clean. There are Albanians and Serbs in that village, and none of the Albanians would agree to go north. I made great investments in that village. Serbs there are privileged”, Bahtiri said of Periscope.

On the other hand, he claimed that Serbian politicians have deceived citizens, saying the Ibër Bridge would be the border between Kosovo and Serbia.

He also spoke of the possibility of opening Bridge with a concert by world-renowned singer Shakira, whose team have only begun negotiations.

“Rakqi is not signing the agreement we have reached in Brussels. Serbian politicians have promised citizens that the Ibri Bridge will be the border between Kosovo and Serbia, but that will not happen. I won't allow it. The European road is the only solution to these issues. It's like the idea of the Bridge being opened with a common manifestation. It'll be the best ceremony possible. Who would do better than a world star? We applied for Shakira. The negotiations are under way. There must be great confidence in this, for hundreds of thousands will be gathered. We don't want to use force to remove that barrier, but at peace. Peace always takes priority over me because it motivates me for the future of this country. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, it is the Ibr Bridge, because it has been divided in two for 20 years. I've found the city with thousands of ethnic incidents, and they've now fallen a lot: only seven incidents like that in five years. It doesn't mean there's a concert today, and tomorrow it's forgotten. The two heads will be participants in that concert. There's going to be a citizens union”, Bahtiri said.. / P ERISCOPIA