Kurti: We don't blackmail and fear. It's fair to pressure the more pro-American state.

Albin Kurti, for the AFP, vowed Wednesday that he would resist any “average” and that it is not fair to pressure the most pro-American state in the Balkans.

AFP writes about the corruption of events that took place in recent months, where the main theme has been dialogue. For months, Western envoys have moved between the capitals of Serbia and Kosovo in a new diplomatic effort to resolve the long tensions that boil nearly 25 years after the war between ethnic Albanian rebels and Serb forces triggered a NATO bombing campaign that ended the fighting.

According to Kurti, Kosovo is now facing a March deadline to reach a kind of agreement with Serbia, despite a mountain of obstacles.

Our biggest “is Belgrade's insistence and search for a time machine. They want to get back in time, and that's not possible”, Kurt told him. AFP during an interview in Pristina.

“Kosovo is an independent state and it will be better for Serbia to recognise Kosovo”, the prime minister added, saying such a move would likely facilitate Belgrade's integration into the European Union.

We are brave

Amid the impasse, Kurti insisted the burden belongs to Serbia, which he called a <x0-authocracy” that has fostered close ties with the Kremlin in Russia and continues to destabilise Southeast Europe, the AFP writes.

Washington, however, appears to be relying heavily on Kurti and his government to surrender to key issues, with the US Embassy in Pristina this week calling for the immediate creation of a long proposal to form the so-called Serbian Major Commission Association.

Hours after the declaration's publication, at a meeting held Tuesday by the US Embassy to discuss Kurti's proposal did not participate, hinting at increasing tensions with Kosovo's staunch ally.

He has long been an opponent of the deal, saying the association would give Serbia another ethnic enclave in the region that could be used to undermine his government, French writes.

We cannot blackmail. We cannot be afraid. We are courageous people and what we are looking for is fair treatment, equality and mutual recognition”, he told AFP.

“It is not fair to pressure on the most pro-European, pro-American and democratic country in the Western Balkans”, Kurti said, “Price must be done over Belgrade”.

On the other hand, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic says his government is also under pressure to reach an agreement.

In a national televised address last month, Vucic said he was given an ultimatum from Western countries to normalise ties with Kosovo or face measures that his country would make “big damage.

“ (They) said you have to accept this plan, otherwise you will face the interruption of the European integration process, the prevention and withdrawal of investments, and sweeping economic and political measures that will cause major damage in the Republic of Serbia.” He told the audience.

Not easy.

At first glance, Kurti and Vuciq appear to be the most impossible leaders to reach an agreement, with the Serbian president publicly referring to his Kosovo counterpart as “terrorist scum”.

“I can talk about the positions of the president of Serbia, but not about his educational level”, Kurti told AFP, countering the Serbian president.

“Democracy and republic must be protected”, he told AFP. This is not easy, but there is no option “