Gervailla: War has again become a real threat to the Balkans

This meeting discussed security challenges in Southeast Europe with particular emphasis on Euro-Atlantic processes in the region, as well as co-operation within this charter. Minister Gervalla said despite the pain, it is true that war has again turned into a real threat to the Balkans.

As she spoke of security, she said the current situation reminded her of the situation 20 years ago, when war was being warned but nobody took it seriously.

The “will not be surprising to you that our new government of the Republic of Kosovo wants to join A5 as a full member. We think that our people, 90% of whom, in a recent study conducted throughout the region, have been declared supporting the EU and NATO, can make useful contributions to security within this prominent and steadfast group of pro-Western countries. Let me speak directly, since we are already at a very difficult point in security. It reminds me of the situation 20 years ago. Even then, we warned that war would be inevitable, but no one took us seriously. Today we face the danger of conflict. So we have to be very clear between us, the real Europeans, here in the region, and with our powerful European partners, and most of all with our American allies. Ignoring reality is never a good choice. It has not been a good choice even in the 1990s and it would be a dangerous choice yet. Last week, we participated in Canada's Halifax Security Forum to alarm NATO and US officials, senators, partners and other allies”, Gervala has said.

Drive according to the MPJD media communiqué, Grovalla has said a crisis like this will not be resolved only by sending diplomats to the region, withties stressing that bold steps must be taken against those who are promoting the destabilisation of neighbouring countries in the region.

The “unfortunately is no longer dealing with a crisis, which will only be resolved by sending some diplomats to the region. We have simply waited too long and the establishment of military, political, and propagandistic means has continued for over a decade. Courageous steps must be taken towards those who are promoting the destabilisation of neighbouring countries here in the region, such as Serbia and Russia, in part China, to ease this great danger. It's painful, but unfortunately true: war has become a real threat to the Balkans. Never since the 1990s has the word war been mentioned so often. And never since the 1990s, Serbia's aggressive and nationalist leadership has used a language similar to that used by Milosevic. Never since the 1990s has aggressive nationalist propaganda prepared so strategically by the government in Belgrade. We should just look at Dodik, Vucic and Putin's efforts in Bosnia and see that the fragmentation of states initiated by Serbia and Russia is at the table. Current Minister Volin, who has been spokesman for the war criminal Milosevic, is also publicly saying that they want to create what they call the Serbian World. Mr. Vulin said in July that Serbia should not give up “reunification and unification”, which means not giving up on Greater Serbia. He said the Serbian Army should be able to protect Serbs wherever they live. The fact that our democracies are not protecting citizens, whether they are Serbs, Bosniaks, Albanians, Jews, Egyptians or others” has been expressed.

It has called to sit down and talk about facts, which has nothing to do with diplomatic talks alone.

Let's not fool ourselves again. Let's sit down and talk about the facts. Let us really analyze what is happening on the ground. This is no longer about diplomatic talks alone. Let's talk like real Europeans, NATO and the US, with the aim of avoiding what might happen if we fail to act properly and with determination,”, completes the Gervala speech.