Petkov: Kurti wants to fight openly

The director of the Office for Kosovo in Serbia's Government, Petar Petkovovic, has said that Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, with his statements, wants war and not dialogue.

There is no doubt that Albin Kurti, with his last statement, openly shows he wants war, not dialogue and agreement! If Kurti publicly confirms that the Association of Serbian municipalities will never be formed and that Serbs should accept unilateral and violent decisions for license plates and ID cards, it is clear to all that Kurti is inviting for conflicts in Kosovo and Metohija”, Petkovic said at the media report on August 8th.

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, in an interview for Radio Free Europe, said that in Kosovo's northern municipalities on July 31st, there was danger of escalation of the armed conflict situation, “due to the fear injected by Belgrade, and due to plans made in the Race and in Belgrade”.

As far as the Association Agreement is concerned about Serb majority municipalities, Kurti has said the organisations that unite municipalities with particular geographic or economics are necessary, but not those based on ethnicity.

In this interview, Kurti has said there are doubts about infiltratements from Russia because, according to him, the Kremlin is willing to use Serbia as a platform to destabilise the Balkans and, in particular, to attack Kosovo.