Maliqi: Kurti has serious opposition among allies, there are indicators that Kosovo is working to bring down

In an interview for Radio Free Europe, Maliqi said he cannot predict what end Kurti's relations with the West will have, but says there are indicators in Kosovo for an attempt to bring down Government.

I can't answer that question for sure, but there's a huge mobilization in the opposition, in opinion and in some media to correct the current government policy. There are indications that the opposition in the Kosovo Assembly will be able to collect a kind of majority and try to overthrow the government. I don't know if it will work, but it's working on this”, Maliqi said.

He says “Kurti has serious opposition both in his movement and among the allies”.

For the path of dialogue, Maliqi says that the condition of all conditions is the Association of Serb majority municipalities.

“The condition of all conditions is to find a formula for the Association of Serb majority municipalities, which should be without executive functions. The Kosovo side could have done it much earlier. There are principled objections from the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, which show that association in no case can be the third level of governance, which does not foresee the Constitution of Kosovo and this should be taken into account. It seems there are already some proposals on how the association must look,”, Maliqi said.

Maliqi says internationals have examined several political ways to resolve problems between Kosovo and Serbia.

The “is clear that it must be resolved on political path. By the way, alternatives are what were said at the beginning of the crisis. One scenario was the creation of a kind of mini-protectorate in northern Kosovo, so KFOR could take all power, which is very dangerous and costly. The West would not want to create a mini-protector here at a time when it is very busy with Ukraine. Another proposal was to create some kind of Dayton or Rambobim, to close negotiators for 10 days... But there was no mood for that neither, he said.

The West, wanting to distance Serbia from Moscow, Maliqi says that “should follow a softer policy towards Belgrade”, but adds that this does not exclude serious warnings for Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq, like articles in the New York Times.

On the other hand, US Ambassador to Belgrade Christopher Hill often flirts and supports Serbia. That's how Western politics is run. In this context they are angry with power in Kosovo. They tell them don't bother us about this. Because what Kurt does actually helps Vuchy escape. I think America is now correcting its policy a little bit, that there will be some kind of punishment for Serbia as well for promoting continued tensions in Kosovo and the threat of a” conflict, Maliqi said.