3 hours agoInsulting, provocations and high tones during Kurti-Wuchic meeting in Brussels
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, has stated that most of the meeting with the Kosovo delegation the previous day took place in harsh tones, even he admitted to having brutal vocabulary. Vuciq also says his tactical decision was for Foreign Affairs Minister Nikola Sakalovic to be chief [...]
Vuciq also says his tactical decision was for Foreign Affairs Minister Nikola Sekalovic to be the official chief of the delegation, and that this does not mean that Kosovo is an external issue for Serbia, the N1 reports.
The situation was tense when Kurti asked Velko Odalovic to step down, chairman of the Commission for Missing Persons in Serbia's government.
I probably shouldn't have reacted that way. Maybe I offended Mr. Kurt. But I replied in a more brutal way than his words. And I can't say that I regret”, Vuciq said.
That the meeting was outside all diplomatic protocols was confirmed from his perspective by Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi.
“There was insults and provocations by Serbia's president, Vuciq. From the Serbian side, only Vuciq, the second participant, was active, which was a surprise to us because the protocol said Petkovic would be the chief negotiator, and at the last moment he was replaced by the foreign affairs minister. When Vuciq lost (control), he began speaking Serbian and insulting. We have warned the host several times that the official language is English. We mentioned that his efforts were a provocation, but after half the conversation he saw they were useless, he changed his approach”, Bislim says.
When asked by N1 why Foreign Affairs Minister Nikola Sekalovic was the delegation's official chief in the negotiations with Kosovo, rather than the chief of the so-called office for Kosovo, Petar Petkovic, if it is an internal issue, Vuciq said it was a tactical decision.
The president is higher than the minister, so someone can say we recognise Kosovo, but, as you know, we didn't. Petar was in the other office and he was listening to what was on the walls. And I decided on that, because I'm the most experienced in the world for those <x1-> negotiations, Vuciq adds.
MPs will also find out what it represented through the Brussels walls at the June 22nd parliamentary session, at which Vuciq will head Serbia's Parliament.
