INT ERVIEW/ Hamiti: Kurti brought agreement without recognition, with autonomy for Serbs

According to Mr. Hamiti, Government and Prime Minister have mismanaged the process of dialogue in these two years, as he explains, the process of dialogue from a final, legally binding agreement, respected in recognition is simply reduced to a basic agreement, without recognition.

In the interview below, read Mr. Hamit given to Periscope, in some questions about last night's Kurti Vuciq meeting in Brussels and reconciliation to move away with the European plan.

- Full interview

PERISCOP: After last night's meeting Kurti Vuciq, in a part of Kosovo's opinion, the impression was created as if Kurti has not signed a harmful agreement on Kosovo. In a word: last night's meeting was seen as a victory for Kosovo. Is this a misunderstanding or a misinterpretation (or both)?

HAMITI: Payback for Kosovo? The agreement should be good, clear, to bring finality to Kosovo's reports with Serbia to be victory. If expectations have been that Kurti Government was even more disabled, because the disabled is also bad. Few people have known, because there has been no transparency in the dialogue process in these two years. The agreement is neither final nor legally binding, and does not contain mutual recognition. To worse, it reflects uncertainty (neutrath) on Kosovo's political status. All of this with the consent of Kosovo's prime minister, who himself said several days ago in the Kosovo Parliament that this agreement is not the result of his negotiation because the allies have drafted it. Targetly, Albin Kurti is responsible for the quality of this agreement and for the implications it will have for Kosovo.

PERISCOP: What are the problematic parts of the European plan? Due to estimates, is autonomy cited for the Serb community, the status of the Serbian Orthodox Church? What can you tell us more about these, referring to the plan/agreement but also to other parts of it?

HAMITI: Preambula is very problematic. It is expressedly stated “without prejudice against the various views of the parties on fundamental issues, including those on status”. There is agreement to overcome the past, which means to forget Serbian crimes, let alone the genocide, which this Government said would sue Serbia at the International Court of Justice.
The government and prime minister have mismanaged the process of dialogue in two years. At the time of this Government, the process of dialogue by a final, legally binding agreement, based on recognition (Central recognition) has been reduced simply to a base agreement, without recognition. You see for yourself, point 7 is being interpreted as autonomy for Serbs, meaning more potentially competent than association, according to the Constitutional Court of Kosovo ruling, which Kurti and his Vetevendosje were made up that they would never accept. They have made their cause violent; remember their violence in the Kosovo Assembly. Add to it special status for the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo.

PERISCOP: Are there benefits from this plan and what are they?

HAMITI: The plan has unclear on how they can be translated into benefits.

PERISCOP: How do you assess the findings that with the European plan, dialogue lasts another 10 years?

HAMITI: The dialogue will continue who knows how long, of course, because this agreement does not bring finality in the Kosovo Republic's reports with Serbia.

PERISCOP: What is expected of the next meeting, Kurti Vuciq, who was warned about mid-March?

HAMITI: It seems the meeting will be for implementation of this plan or agreement, because the EU, the facilitator of dialogue, said the plan was accepted yesterday in Brussels. /Interviewed: Dafina Demaku/Periscopi/