Tahiri: The war was made by the KLA, the army we did was able to support itself

Former Kosovo government foreign minister Edita Tahiri in 1999 has said on the Pressing show in T7 that the LDK created a defence structure that had the equivalent of an army during the 1990s. She says the KLA was the one who waged the armed struggle, but adds that the LDK's role in creating state structures should be recognised.

She says she was among the founders of the defence army in Prizren.

The “The defence minister was Anton Kola. We've organized the military structure, but we've called it a self-defense facility. I am one of the founders of this self-defense army in Prizren. Along with Haxhi Ferti, who has been a member of the Kosovo Army Military Staff. But it was otherwise called the structure of self - defense. When Hadziu and Hayzer Hayzer were thrown into prison, I too was sent to be arrested. But he was a man of his word. With maps it has not been easy to organise that army”, she says.

It shows that protection structures were created as citizens were afraid to move into their neighborhoods.

I am known as the leader politician of the peaceful movement that has recognised UCK's values, but I have asked them to recognise the values of the peaceful movement. It was a time when citizens feared and needed protection at least in their homes and neighborhoods. We had created funds for the military. For education we didn't get from the 3% fund. But I have to say, the armed war has been fought by the KLA. The army we made couldn't support itself. But the LDK made the state 10 years and did diplomacy when we joined the US alliance. It was 1992, when President Bush wrote a letter to Milosevic telling him that if he causes violence in Kosovo, me and America are facing”, she indicated.