27 minutes agoEdward Joseph: Kurti is hurting his country's interests, advancing Serbia's interests
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Former American diplomat, and good policy connoisseur in the Balkans, Edward P. Joseph, who has served during the wars in any country affected by the conflict, including duties in Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia, has commented on Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti's decision to prevent Serbian election holders, writes Periscope. He analyzed the decision [...]
He analysed Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti's decision, which did not allow the Serbian elections in Kosovo to be held.
Joseph says Kurti is hurting Kosovo's interests and is simply giving a gift to Vucic.
“Today, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti is hurting his country's interests and advancing Serbia's, giving up its hard-earned precedent, which was reached in 2012”, he says.
On the other hand, he said the QUINT countries' proposal was a path towards a solution, but that this was not accepted by Kurti would promote Serbia.
Quinn's “diplomats tried to negotiate a solution. But the buildup of the technical election issues and intensive political sensitivity all around the comprehensive issue of sovereignty and symbols were frightening. In time, diplomats asked the OSCE, with its election and political expertise, to try to negotiate a last-minute agreement”, the former American diplomat said.
“While urging Serbia, Kurti's refusal to submit to Quinn's proposal to facilitate Serbian elections, based on the OSCE's successful model, damages Kosovo in another significant way. The moment that Topic of a group of experts to tė Advanced Kosovo's relations with NATO withdraw attention, Kurti has given four NATO member states that do not recognise Kosovo -- Greece, Spain, Slovakia and Romania -- an excuse to continue their” policy, he adds.
Quint's proposal was like a letter that Serbia sends to us but not the Government-Government, but the liaison official in which it says Serbia wants from Kosovo, but the essence is that Serbia requires from Kosovo only if Kosovo says “Po” that letter doesn't become a valid without saying Kosova “ <x3x4>. But I have explained it to the member states of Quint, I have also explained to the EU ambassador that Serbia is being shown destructive in many dimensions”, he said.
We remember that QUINT states have reacted sharply to the Government's refusal, saying such a decision would harm their European aspirations.
While we assess Serbia's readiness to find a solution, we are disappointed to note that the Kosovo government rejected a constructive proposal proposed by QUINT-I”, it said among other things.
While Kurti acknowledged that QUINT's criticism was too severe for the failure to allow Serbs to vote in Serbia's elections, even at centres in Kosovo.
Kosovo's “Constitution should be respected by myself, and further by others. It was a harsh criticism, we have a Stabilisation and Association Agreement. We are in constant contact with Brussels. The criticism was severe, but we have to keep on respecting our country more. It is better that I take sharp criticism, unless allowed to violate the country's sovereignty, than I accept civilian records, and thus citizen Albin Kurti sue Prime Minister Albin Kurti for violations of the law”, he said at KTV's DESK. /BalkanInsight/
