Serbian Minister Balla's statement from Parliament: Albanian government response was timely

Paunovic, in an interview, had indicated that if he were in place of Slobodan Milosevic, he would have cleared “ethnically” Kosovo in 1998.

Balla, who had reacted to this statement days earlier, has also spoken Thursday in Albania's Parliament Speaker.

He has said the Albanian government has reacted on time and that Albania does not mock national issues.

A statement not only irresponsible but indignant, grave. The Albanian government's response has been on time. We do not mock national issues, and with the position held at the government level by the foreign minister and the political level.” has said Balla.

He has said that the Serbian minister's statement has also been condemned by political authorities and representatives they communicate with at the European Commission on all levels.

Albania, when it reacts, reacts with its allies.”, Balla said.

He has said Edi Rama remains the only prime minister the Kosovo issue has raised in mid- Belgrade.

“As far as Edi Rama is concerned, it is the only prime minister of this country, who has raised the Kosovo issue in the middle of Belgrade, declaring that Kosovo is an independent state and that Albania strongly supports Kosovo's independence and membership in NATO and the EU”, Balla has indicated. /Periscope/