On the occasion of Kosovo's "Liberation Day" - the entry of international military and civilian troops into Kosovo on June 12, 1999 - Aljbin Kurti and Vjosa Osmani accused Serbia of committing genocide in 1999 and repeated all other accusations and a diametrically opposed view of common history.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister of Kosovo rejected the offer of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić that Serbia buys lignite from Kosovo in exchange for electricity or money. Economic cooperation is conditioned by the recognition of Kosovo and Serbia's distancing from Putin
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Serbia and Republika Srpska aim to "lure Russia to the Balkans", and he called Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić "little Putin" and repeated for the umpteenth time that Serbia represents it. a threat to the region. To that, he received a reply from Belgrade that he, Kurti, was a "little Balkan Hitler".
Due to the reluctance to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine and align its policy with EU sanctions against Russia, Serbia, without a real defense on the Western international stage, found itself the target of criticism from Podgorica and Pristina. As the game of sitting on two chairs has come to an end, the completely unprepared progressive government is viewed with suspicion as an unreliable ally from Brussels, Washington and London, and from Moscow, Beijing and Minsk. The international position of Serbia is significantly weakened, and the pressures are growing
After a three and a half month break, the delegations of Serbia and Kosovo returned to the negotiating table. Separate talks with EU representatives were intense and specific. Whether any progress has been made remains unknown. As things stand now, the Serbian side still insists on the implementation of the ZSO, and Kosovo on mutual recognition
The special envoys of the EU and the USA, Miroslav Lajčak and Gabriel Escobar, said that Belgrade and Pristina must implement everything that has been agreed so far. They say that it is no longer a question of if, but when a new meeting between Kurti and Vučić will take place. The authorities in Belgrade and Pristina, with messages that they are committed to dialogue, as usual blame each other for the deadlock in the negotiations.
