Mustafa Nano clarifys his declaration on Kosovo in Belgrade

Mustafa Nano has again become the focus of controversy, following several statements in Belgrade.

He has attended a conference organised by the two news agencies -- Albania's ATSH and Serbia's Tanjug.

Speaking in an interview for “Panorama”, Nano explains what he said in Belgrade, which has triggered numerous reactions

There have been some reactions to a position in Belgrade at a joint Serbian-Albanian conference.

What was this conference? <

It was a conference organised by Tanjug and ATSH, titled “Albanian and Serbian alike, how to move on?”, in which intellectuals and scholars were invited on both sides. Also invited was renowned and extensive Edward Kukan and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, who, by the way, delivered a word I did not like. It was one of those common speeches, where, between rows and even in lines, the Serbian nightmare for lost Kosovo was noticed. It was a speech that didn't seem to me in the spirit that should convey conferences.

But here's where a couple of your positions have come up. Do you think you misunderstand?

No, the problem isn't that I misunderstood. The problem is I'm clearly understood. That means I'm attacked by people who think otherwise of me.

What did you say there?

I said very few things. First, I said I had not expected so much to talk about Kosovo at this conference. Serbian intellectuals, but their minister, as I told them, opened and closed their words with Kosovo. They did not speak with Milosevic's language.

Even Dacic's language did not speak. But it seemed that Serbs are not yet prepared to see relations between them and Albanians in a perspective, which overcomes their anxiety over Kosovo. And that surprised me, especially if we think it was a meeting between Tirana and Belgrade (there were no guests from Kosovo)

In view of this, I said essentially that there is a lot of Kosovo at this meeting, we have to avoid Kosovo a little bit, and we can avoid it, otherwise we need to relax in the usual mud and film the country.