Kurti remembers the exchange of territories in France: He failed as a project but he didn't die as an idea

The country's prime minister, Albin Kurti, while participating in a discussion under the Peace Forum in France, has also talked about the idea of exchanging territories.

He said the exchange of territories has failed as a project but has died as an idea, as he added that people who, according to him, have dreamt of many of partitioning Kosovo, exchanging territories or changing borders, find it difficult to abandon that homesickness and engage in solutions that would be democratic.

“The territorial exchange project has also had counterparts in Kosovo from one of my predecessors, because at the time it is seen as a quick adjustment among authoritarian leaders who speak of people as their families talking about the territories of their states as if they were private evidence”.

However, this has had a kind of feudal taste that no longer exists, but I have to admit that despite the failure of the project, the idea still exists, but without any great possibility of entering into force”, Kurti said.

Kurti also spoke of recognising Kosovo from Serbia, from which he said there should be de facto recognition and de jure.

So, the sooner we normalize relations with de-phacto and de-jure, I'm saying de jure and de facto because Serbia knows Bosnia and Herzegovina de jure, but not de facto, because there are separate reports with Republika Srpska that use its power to undermine democratic statehood”.

“While on our side, Serbia recognises us de facto in many respects, but not de jure. We need de jure and de facto, and also a kind of symmetry in minority rights. I know that minority rights cannot be identical, but even this enormous disbalancing among the countries of the region causes tensions that may be attractive to some centres for destabilising”, Kurti said.