8 minutes agoAmanpour talks about the interview with Vucinciqi and Osman in 24 hours: I felt an urgent need to focus my attention on both of us
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)The prominent CNN journalist Christiane Ammanpour, who on Monday, October 2nd interviewed Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, and the following day with Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani, has spoken to Serbian media. She's shown how Vucin came to have him in the interview. She also talked about the terrorist attack that happened [...]
She has said there is the danger of new conflicts.
I think the danger exists, but it is not inevitable. That's why I wanted to underline the situation in my program during the two evenings, discussing the question of political will with guests so high-profile and so high.
Have you contacted President Vuciq and his cabinet, or has he or one of his staff contacted you?
We contacted the president's office and appreciated his quick and positive response.
What are your impressions of President Vuciq and President Osmani? Are you happy with their views?
I've been reporting on the terrible wars in your region starting in 1991. I felt an urgent need to focus my attention on both leaders now due to serious tension on Serbia's border with Kosovo. International press often loses interest, but we all know how important the Balkan region is, including stability in Europe. I am convinced that the vast majority of ordinary people want only peace and a good quality of life. And surely no one wants a return in the 1990s violent and deadly? Then there were clear wars of aggression, a book similar to what we are witnessing Russian conquests on a full scale of democratic Ukraine. But now the entire former Yugoslavia wants to join the EU. The leaders have a responsibility, and I wanted to explore it.
How do you see the fact that Serbia and Kosovo are still in bad relations, even though 30 years of war have passed?
I think it's such a pity. I'm sure, and the data shows, most people are not extremes and are looking for a reasonable, pragmatic structure of government to improve their lives and their communities. The EU is also concerned about dangerous destabilisation in Bosnia from Republika Srpska. People in the region have paid a great price and made great sacrifices, and I regret that their will is often ignored. This can often lead to conflict, shift, brain drain, poverty, lack of progress. Probably nobody wants to stay stuck in the old ways of the past? This is Europe 2023.
