9 minutes agoPhilips: Serbia is acting as Russia'sproxy
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)The director of the Peace Program at Columbia University in the United States, David L. Phillips, it has indicated that Serbia in the region is acting as Russia's “proxy”. Philips for Al Jazeera has stressed that Kosovo is the model for implementing minority rights, which are guaranteed in the Constitution. “Kosovo [...]
According to him, Kosovo is an ally of the West and that Russia wants to undo this. Serbia is acting as Russia's reproxy NATO in conflict, it is trying to expand it. We need to understand this in broader geopolitical terms. Kosovo is an ally of the West. Russia wants to undo this and create a new front in its confrontation with NATO and Mitrovica as a suitable place for escalation of” tensions, he adds.
American analyst says Serbia should accept the fact that it has lost Kosovo. “Kosovo is sovereign and independent, has been recognised by more than 100 states, Serbia must accept the fact that it has lost Kosovo because of its crimes, and will never return to Serbia's control”, it concludes.
As for the director of the Institute for National and International Security, Darko Trifunovac, the current situation in our country is due to the European Union's lack of negotiators to bring Kosovo and Serbia close. The “essentially is the Brussels Agreement and the refusal to implement it, so it's called the Association of Serbian Communities, this is the essence of the problem and I hope we will have more diplomacy in the future and you can see now that it is the consequence of the absence of the international community, especially European Union negotiators to bring two countries to a” table, the former Serbian intelligence official has indicated.
On December 10th, local Serbs in the country's north set up barricades on roads leading to two border crossings with Serbia, Jarinje and Bernak. Due to the tense situation, Kosovo police have increased their presence in this area. The establishment of barricades by local Serbs came in response to the arrest of former Serbian police officer Dejan Panteq by the order authorities in Kosovo. Pantic has been pronounced the detention measure for a month, after allegedly organising <x0 ... terrorist attacks” at the Central Election Commission offices in northern Kosovo. The international community also called for the removal of barricades. The US embassies in Pristina and Belgrade said Pantiqi's arrest “is being used as an excuse for illegal roadblocks of” roads. /Al Jazeera
