Rubin: Kosovo's incumbent government must have Thaci model, use compromise with West

Former US diplomat James Rubin has declared that Kosovo's incumbent government, headed by Albin Kurti, should take as an example the governance Hashim Thaci had earlier made when he was prime minister. He has stressed that the government in office must compromise so that there will be better reports with [...]
He has stressed that the incumbent government must compromise in order to have better reports with the international community.
Speaking of Thaci's work over the years, Rubin said he has used compromise as a guiding tool.
I don't know the current details about diplomacy between the US and Kosovo at the moment, but I can say this: when I worked with the Government of Kosovo, initially when it was independent as a state and when I met Hashim Thaci as prime minister and then worked with him as president I always found opportunities to take the positions of the United States very carefully, to be careful about their opinion and to reflect in the best way to compromise. ”
What we learned in judgment in the last days is that Mr. Hashim Thaci has shown leadership by compromising. Had Adam Demac and other extremists heard, Kosovo would have been massacred, NATO would not have been exiled. Sometimes, the leadership means compromise, and I have to admit that in recent years my approach to your government has bothered me in many cases to understand the value of compromise to achieve targets,” Ruby said in Klan Kosova.
In the end, Rubin added: "Don't make the perfect outcome an enemy of good that's what Hashim Thaci did in Rambouillet and in readiness for demilitarization." None of this has been easy, and it has not been easy either. But, by compromising, he has won Western support. I hope and expect that the Government of Kosovo will return to this meaning of international diplomacy and sometimes, even by compromising. ”
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