Kurti writes about 80th anniversary of the Bujan Conference Resolution

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has written on Facebook for the 80th anniversary of the Bayyan Conference Resolution.

Kurti wrote about this conference, as he says of historical importance and its political heritage, Kosovo's independent political subjectivity and the right to self-rule according to the political will of its people.

“In the village of Buyan in the Gjakova Mountains, at the Tower of Sali Mani, Bayraktar of Krasniqi, was being made one of the most important decisions for Kosovo's (not only) political fate in the XX century. It was the third day of the Bujan Conference, which had opened the works on December 31, 1943, at 7: 00 p.m. Of the 61 delegates invited to the conference, 49 delegates had managed to go to Bujan, the streets provided by Ismet Shaqiri, and were fed on supplies provided by Sahit Bakalli. The cost of the conference had been taken over by a merchant from Shkodra, Tefik Changga, who had also served as mayor of Ferizaj”.

The last “of 1943, December 31st, which was the first day of the Bujan Conference, speeches were delivered until 1: 00 a.m. after midnight, featuring different political positions by delegates from Prizren, Gjakova, Pristina, Peja, Ferizaj, Drenica, Decani, Istog and other countries. The next day, January 1, 1944, the work continued from 8: 30 a.m. to the presence of two British officers who had been invited by organizers. People with different social and professional profiles, with different political views, some organised in political organisations, and some with personal commitments, were united over the goal of fighting for the release of Kosovo's Rarafsh and Dukagini Rrafsh”, Kurti wrote.

On January 2, 1944, on the third day of work, delegates unanimously adopted a resolution jointly conceived and beautifully written by Xhedin Hana and Zekiria Rexha. Part of this resolution was the statement: “Kosovo and the Dukagjin Plain is a predominantly inhabited province by the Albanian people, both always and today, wants to join Albania.” This formulation expressed the political will of Kosovo Albanians, based on the right of peoples for self-rule, guaranteed by Allieds even through the Atlantic Charter”.

“Since January 2nd 1944, when the resolution of the Bujan Conference was passed, whenever Kosovo's status was questioned, this resolution has been one of the main documents for reference. Today it has been 80 years since the Bujan Conference, respectively. Meanwhile, during these eight decades, Kosovo has passed through difficult times of oppression and under-representation, exploitation and prosecution, of apartheid and genocide, of peaceful resistance, armed resistance and liberation war, of declaring independence and the statehood of the Republic of Kosovo. Today we remember Bujan's Conference on historic importance and its political heritage, Kosovo's independent political subjectivity and the right to self-rule according to the political will of its people. In memory and honour of all generations that have engaged and fought, that Kosovo's freedom and rights be realized as political current”, Kurti has declared.