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Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, during his stay in Spain, where he has also attended the collection of “Socialist International” has provided an interview for “El periodico”, where he spoke of reports between Pristina and Madrid. Asked if he understands why Spain has not recognised Kosovo, Kurti has said [...]
Asked if he understands the reasons Spain has not recognised Kosovo, Kurti has said he regrets Spain is one of the few states within the European Union and NATO that continue not to recognise the independence of the Republic of Kosovo.
According to the head of the Government of Kosovo, the non-recognition of the state of Kosovo comes as a result of non-recognition of the situation. When he spoke of it, Kurti has said that the analogy created between Kosovo and Catalonia is wrong analogy.
I am sorry Spain is in the minority of EU and NATO countries that continue not to recognise Kosovo. Out of 30 NAOT states, four do not recognize us, including Spain. And in the EU there are the five S'ena states, one of them Spain, but Spain is the biggest state we know. I think this non-recognition comes from a lack of knowledge of the situation. When we declared independence, I don't know which of the Spanish politicians wrongly formulated analogy with the case of Kosovo”, Kurti told “El periodico”, broadcast the Express.
When Prime Minister Kurti has said that, Spanish journalist has insisted on a more detailed explanation.
“From what we have been told, there has been a concern in Spain that Kosovo's independence can serve as precedent for some Spanish regions that want to secede. I think that Albanian writer Ismail Kadare, when he won the Prince of Asturias Award, had given the best argument about why Spain should recognise Kosovo”, Kurti said, recalling that NATO in Kosovo had intervened to stop the genocide under Slobodan Milosevic's regime, the newspaper Express broadcast.
And if any Spanish politician sees similarities between Kosovo and Catalonia or any other part of Spain, Madrid should not see itself as Belgrade”, Kosovo's prime minister has added further by counting Serbia's crimes in Kosovo.
The head of the Kosovo executive has argued further why there could be analogy between Kosovo and Catalonia by counting facts from the past and from the social status Kosovars and Kosovo in the former Yugoslavia.
So you don't know where you can find analogy, similarities, in Spain. The standard of living in Kosovo has always been several times lower than in the rest of the Yugoslav federation. In 1979, the time when living standards in the former Yugoslavia were closer to each other, the difference between the richest, Slovenia, and Kosovo was seven to one. In the same socialist state! The first materials were extracted from Kosovo, and factories were in Serbia and other parts of Yugoslavia. We were miners and those sponsors”, Prime Minister Kurti said.
