Fear after the war in Ukraine: Kurti government launches procedures for American gas pipeline

The Kosovo government, led by Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, had rejected this project, saying there is no economic interest.

Kurt even opposed this project by accusing the opposition of lack of vision.

“The alliance with America does not adjust with the will pipe, that's your assumption and brevity”, Kurti said in a replica in the Kosovo Assembly.

The United States Ambassador to Kosovo, Jeff Havenier, had expressed disappointment over failing to make the decision by the Kurti Government.

The government was unable to make decisions on its future path in the timelines the MCCA requests. This necessity is failure. I don't have to. It's something I'm creating. It's just reality. We look forward to the Kosovo government making some final decisions on energy strategy. We welcome the opportunity to support him. Meanwhile, the MCC's work had to continue. If approved, the programme will contain very important assistance in supporting Kosovo's energy infrastructure to help Kosovo have the energy supply that is safe, sustainable, contemporary of the XXI”, the US ambassador has said.

After rejecting this project, Kurti Government has faced serious and constant criticism from the opposition and Civil Society.

In one of Haradinaj's objections to the subject, he had asked Kurti that the reason for the American Ghape's refusal is not Russian Gazprom.

I am asking Prime Minister Kurti: “during your long visit to Greece, have you met any of the representatives of Russian Gazprom, and is that the reason for the rejection of the American gas pipeline project? The refusal of the US gas pipeline project is a dangerous act against the interests of Kosovo and the United States of America.” had written Haradinaj

Even Democratic Party of Kosovo Chairman Memli Krasniqi had criticised Kurti's stance on the subject.

Krasniqi viewed rejection as problematic, and not only in the economic sense.

I don't think there's a rational reason for anything. The second potential for building the gas plant that has been the proposed 200 project had been extremely important to Kosovo, because the new Kosovo project has already failed and it has been an American project that has been withdrawn at the time when Mr. Kurti has been prime minister. Here is a pattern of rejection of American projects that connected with energy and I have no explanation, reasoning about why this might happen, except that we have supported and supported that this has no longer begun Mr. Kurti, these are also from governments that have negotiated and discussed in the MCC, I believe, and at the time of Mr. Haradinaj's time, and at the time of Mr. Hoti's time, now it's necessary that this job is only taken with a six months' delay and rejection of my opinion is only problematic by the economic sense, but not so far from the economic sense, Krasni.

The chairman of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Lumir Abdixhiku, had said Kosovo was involved in an energy crisis since it rejected the American Ghaqua.

In addition, Obadiah had criticised Kurti Government, which was only opposing projects without doing anything of the hairi.

“Cumbulas are not solutions and we need a long-term alternative. Gas is one and the other energy efficiency. When the day comes to produce more, businesses will need energy. We need energy independence, one of them is gas, but they turned it down, of course we're in crisis. These are used to saying “, no, not” everything, not doing a Hajir” job, Avbdijku said.

In the announcement by the Kosovo Prime Minister's Office, one of the eight initiatives that have been adopted today at the Government Meeting and related to international agreements is the American Ghaqua project.

“Nism for negotiating of the Credit Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kosovo and the United States of America, represented by the Millennium Challenge Corporation, for the “Millennium Challenge Compact”> project. The deal envisions the exploitation of funds, amounting to over $200m, for the energy sector in the Republic of Kosovo”, is said to be reporting them.

Despite constant calls from the opposition for Kurti Government to immediately accept the American Occupy Project, the Kurti Government had not changed its stance.

But in recent weeks, Prime Minister Kurti, in almost all interviews he has given about local and international media, has stressed that Kosovo and the Western Balkans are in danger, now following Russian aggression in Ukraine. It is at this time that instability, the Kurti Government has decided to change its mind, and to initiate procedures for the American Occupy. / P ERISCOPIA