Kearns: West wrong with Serbia as it did with Russia, we have Kosovo case

The West is showing in the Balkans the failure of having a pillar, and we're also showing that we haven't learned lessons from Russia's braking efforts. We have had the full priority of not disturbing or irritating Russia, to the detriment of those around him. Exactly the same is happening here”

Kearns, who warned since June that Serb militants were smuggling weapons to Kosovo, jeopardising an outbreak of violence, has told the Financial Times that after the 24 September case it is clear that these weapons were smuggled from Serbia.

You have considered what I said in June. The weapons came from Serbia with ambulances in Kosovo and were stored in churches. And what have we seen? Weapons that have clearly come from Serbia. . . Two of the terrorists who died that day of shooting were ambulance drivers. And where did they hide? In a monastery”, Kearns said.

Kearns, who visited the country where Kosovo authorities guarded confiscated weapons, said it was clear that military-scale weapons had been part of the army's warehouses.

“Sermum sequence” she said. “This is not like random pieces of equipment that simple low-level boys gathered together and decided to use. These are new equipment from 2021. That was the last device I saw. ”

Serbia has repeatedly denied having supplied terrorists with weapons and filed criminal charges against Milan Radojic, the mastermind of the attack. But after initially arrested Radojciqi, Serbian authorities let him leave on condition he did not leave the country.

Vuciq said Belgrade was conducting an investigation against Kearns, whom he accused of acting on behalf of foreign interests, and added that he would order freezing further arms exports from Serbia.

For a president to threaten an MP is a reflection of Vuciki's uncertainty and that my comments had hit home,” she said.

Kearns warned that despite EU mediators calling for a return to the negotiating table, the situation remains tense.

There is no sign that the organised crime gangs operating within Kosovo have stopped. There is no sign of the Serbian side. . that he reduced his wishes for Kosovo”, she said.

The international system was an accomplice in the claim that there were no organised crime groups in Kosovo”.

She said the West should use more of the evidence it had and hit arms smuggling networks.

The international community has had this evidence, and there is a possibility of publicizing some,” she said.

The “problem is the movement of Belgrade. Pressure must be maintained on Belgrade, Kearns said.

“We cannot accept the promise that Serbia will never recognise Kosovo. Kosovo cannot abandon aspirations for full integration”, Kearns said