Kosovo's fate has been and will be linked to the fate of dialogue

Kosovo has been dialogue with Serbia for at least the past thirty years, separately since Rambouillet, but has also had to fight with him. Without spending time on the past, dialogue with Serbia has developed quite intensively in the past seven years, starting with technical negotiations, ending in political talks. In essence, everything has been political since, the Kosovo-Serbia problem, is definitely political.

The whole process, mediated by the EU, under US surveillance. So, let's go back to the retrospect, in the course of the process “Rebubjeja”! Kosovo, managed through American politics to have a success in Rambouillet by signing an agreement that for its contents, was reluctant to Serbia, but binding as international pressure, which “agreements”, and brought Kosovo NATO bombings é and as epilogue, its freedom. The dialogue was an exercise of the time in which Kosovo was located, which was in a terrible and uneven war. This whole process was the people's effort and sacrifice under KLA leadership in the freedom struggle. This was also a fate not only historical but also Kosovo geopolitical. The dedication of the negotiating team under the direction of the KLA's political directorate was extraordinary. World leaders' efforts around Rambouille, especially of those directly locked up in the process, such as Mrs. Secretary Medeline Albright, described in many detail. For example, Albright, the leaf in her book “Madam Secret”, or in her latest book “, the powerful and the powerful”, as well as British Minister Cook, French Vedrin. German Minister J. Fisher, you also have a leaf in his book. The latter describes many details in the book “Red GreenVes” and stresses that, “we were convinced that the KLA was an instrument of America”, pointing to separate reports between KLA leader Hashim Thaci and Mrs. Albright.

Time in Kosovo's favour

These world states were determined not only by working not only on the ethics of the ultimate purpose but, above all, by the ethics of conscience for the fate of a people seeking their freedom. How do we say Kosovo was lucky! Because Kosovo's two main allies were the US (national union) and the long-time ally working for Kosovo. The first, the US was at the height of political and military influence in the sphere of global policy, where the overwhelming international part of major problems such as economic recession and past-dissolved geopolitical problems could not be postponed without the United States. On the other hand, it was ally “times” when Kosovo fought for freedom, and so its enemies were in the weakest historical position! Russia was almost militarily and economically collapsed, which meant that it needed international support, especially American support. On the other hand, Serbia had an international image shattered after the wars and genocides that it had caused in Yugoslavia, where it began the same actions as it did in Kosovo. So why did we prevail? We triumphed because, we fought clean, we made wise politics in Rambouillet. Time, too, worked for us and naturally, our case resulted in support of the democratic world, and we were released. James Rubin says that without Hashim Thaci's leadership, Rambouija would succeed, and therefore, no NATO intervention would happen.

After a seven-year international administration under Resolution 1244, although very flawed, it must be acknowledged that an administration was established that would later serve for the political establishment of the state of Kosovo. In 2003, UN Secretary Hari Holkeri's Special Representative handed over the document to Kosovo authorities, “Standards for Kosovo” or so-called” Standards before Status”. That was a journey until 2005, finishing everything in Vienna. After much effort and negotiations in Vienna in 2006-2007, Kosovo and its delegation accepted President Ahtisaari's comprehensive package. After that, the international-American community suggested that they should go to the elections, where opposition leader Hashim Thaci was expected to win! This made sense to the fact that they wanted the liberation route to Rambouillet with the KLA leader to close in Pristina with Kosovo's declaration of independence under his leadership. Therefore, with the blessing of the United States, he declared Kosovo's independent and sovereign state on February 17, 2008.

The state was not shut down in its entirety, even though it had a considered number of very significant recognitions, including more influential states on the international plain. After declaring independence, we had a rebellion by northern Serbs who burned border points 1 and 31, creating an administrative border at the “Bridge of Ibrit” in Mitrovica. This bridge was formally the point created by the internationals themselves and subsequently on February 17th only to be handed over to the Serb parallel structures. Serbia strategically wanted to buy out time, counting on its international resurrection and empowering its allies.

Aware of the time factor, Prime Minister Thaci realized that time was not working for us as it did for Kosovo's enemies, and the factor “times” the day was favouring it elsewhere, and that Serbia's friends are growing. On this geopolitical viewpoint, on July 25, 2011, he took on the largest action after 1999, restoring border points 1 and 31 to the north of the Republic and restoring even the incalculable state dignity!

This hadn't happened without the silent approval of the United States. This action of the state of Kosovo aroused the sleepable international attention faced a problem with Serbia still not finally resolved, and that it required solutions! In 2011, talks began by crowning an agreement in Brussels on April 13, 2013. In content, this deal had good things, but also things that could be better negotiated. The crucial point was that of the Serb majority Communist Association! This agreement, in principle signed by Prime Minister Thaci, while later in content, was signed by Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and, according to its 2nd point, should receive the constitutional approval of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo. This agreement under the constitutional decision turned out to be contrary to the Constitution in some of its provisions.

Since this time, dialogue has been halted because, we have not adopted the association that Serbia claims, and even the agreements reached have faced difficulties of implementation. Seeing that dialogue has produced its own fruit, and that international pressure has increased on the Kosovo side for association, we understand that even international promises like liberalisation, etc. have not been kept. Under this circumstances, Mr. Thaci came up with a proposal of non-recognition of the Presevo Valley, and this proposal was already understood by the opinion of the continental rock! In my conviction, I still consider this to be the greatest and most useful political trick President Thaci had made in relation to the international community. Why, because on the other hand, this alternative correctly responded to international pressure for association with executive and legislative competencies! So, Mr. Thaci, with this he said: ” Kosovo, with such association, becomes a non-functional state and its division would later be inexorable, as such, is unacceptable”. Therefore, he stressed that, the “or the integration of the Valley into Kosovo, or sʹka association”, according to what Serbia requires with international pressure. This version, was a threat to border movements in the Balkans and aprior, was a refusal to the EU. What happened? ? What did Thaci do with it?

The international community for the first time after 1999 was put into effect! This move by President Thaci forced the individual declaration of states that Kosovo is and should remain independent on its borders, making it another oath to international stance towards Kosovo, and unable to insist on such an association. Being on a line with the U.S. Thaci reached the end of the process through the organisation of a meeting in the White House between the presidential triple “Trump ) Thaci Vuciq”. What happened? What happened today endangers Kosovo's future.

Time in Serbia's favour

Increasing the influence of Kosovo's enemies, particularly Russia's policymaking global, separately after the Crimea case and the problems in the Middle East, Syria's case, etc., made it a key factor in its impact as well as the Balkans. Some EU states, dependent on Russian gas and not only, and some of its threats directly but also the impact of economic lobbies where Serbia's market views the alternative and Serbia's influential state in the Balkans, began to oppose American politics to disrupt Washington's agreement through Russian and European influence -- and therefore to prosecutors of specialised offices -- and cut off the path of President Thaci, returning to Kosovo with the rise of the war crimes act as Serbia and its allies claimed. The elimination of President Thaci and former Parliament Speaker Mr. Wessel from the possibility of dialogue and decision-making, through the Special Court, is an indication that Kosovo is entering its critical phase. The first, that its enemies are in the greatest rush of global political influence, and that time for Kosovo is at risk of starting to count backwards!

Has Serbia achieved its goal through time buying? Let's say so! Several EU states, unfortunately, are trying to etabbrate Serbia in its historic anals without prejudice over the future, where Serbian shelling acts are not on the international stage and post-1999 generations, but almost only recognise the Kosovo problem. Therefore, some count for the problem and the future between Kosovo and Serbia to be based on pragmatism or making decisions according to realities created on the ground, where the interests of the two states must comply with international interests!

The only hope currently is US President Biden. The only concern, however, is Prime Minister Kurti. This, right at the time of American President Biden puts dialogue out of his reach. The unreasoning association of Prime Minister Kurti with the EU as a priority in relation to the United States, and having no priority for dialogue related to the fate of the Republic, without the solution of neither economic development nor international membership, as in the UN and other mechanisms, poses the risk for Kosovo. This way of Mr. Kurti, puts Kosovo into a <x0geto- mortorium” or “status-quo” created a frozen problem and not be solved for much longer. And the time to come will not be that of 1999/2008 in favour of Kosovo and its citizens, but it will be the time Serbia has bought to strengthen its international role and restore its friends to politics making world.

(Author is official of PDK)