Rama on BBC: US and EU are right, Kurti is not

He stood by the EU and the US, thus rejecting Albin Kurti's approach in this situation.

There is a disturbing situation in northern Kosovo, but I will not stress much in terms of danger. I'm just going to say that this situation was initially provoked by abandoning institutions by Serbs who created vacuums. And second from the Kosovo authorities' insistence on introducing these mayors into empty offices, where the majority of the population is Serb. It was good that elections were held and that it was shown that no one could hold democratic processes hostage in an independent country, but it was not a good idea to insist on the entry of these mayors into empty municipalities with the help of the police and with KFOR intervention and the injury of soldiers”, Rama said in an interview with the BBC media.

Rama believes that since the agreement is near, he has irritated both sides.

I'm not here to blame someone, I'm just answering your questions. I think the broader perspective is positive. Serbia and Kosovo, thanks to Kurti and Vuciq, are very close to closing the historic agreement. I also believe that the fact that the deal is so close, given the Franco-German proposal with mutual recognition, has irritated both sides. It's like a couple at the church's door before they get married, starting to suspect”.

I think there's no other way in the world that this deal won't be made. The point is when. We were at a European Community summit with all leaders in Moldova and all of them, especially the French president and German Chancellor are convinced that Kurti and Vucic should sit at a table and close the” agreement.

I'm sorry to say it but I think it's not a servile position, but I'm convinced the US and the EU are right and Albin is completely wrong because they're not trying to please Serbia, but to take Kosovo to another level, which means a state known to all, which can sit at the UN and any other institution”.

The real “is and is not denied, but also true is that the mayors' entry into the office despite the good advice of Kosovo's good friends, without which Kosovo would not be what it is today, was an excessive step. That said, I think Serbia is not a threat to Kosovo since 1999, has finally lost Kosovo since 1999. Now is the time for peace, for normalisation, to accept to give Serbia what is due by agreement -- that is, the association of Serb majority municipalities -- and the right for the Serbian Orthodox Church to have its activity in Kosovo and for Serbia to accept that Kosovo no longer has, and to accept mutual recognition of”.