Kosovo will be part of the agenda of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in the spring session of this organization, which will be held at the end of this week.
The works of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly will begin on May 25 in Sofia, Bulgaria, where the request of the Kosovo Assembly to accelerate the process of advancing its status to associate member will be discussed.
As usual, Serbia has expressed its opposition by sending a note of complaint about Kosovo’s inclusion in this agenda.
The Prime Minister of Serbia has sent a propagandistic letter, stating that they are concerned that Kosovo will be part of NATO’s agenda.
According to her, this would cause political and security complications in the region.
“The Republic of Serbia strongly opposes the possibility that the so-called ‘Kosovo Assembly’ will be granted the status of an associate member, while we generally welcome the efforts of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to improve dialogue, strengthen partnerships, and increase the number of partners with whom it cooperates. However, I wish to remind that this is a particularly delicate issue that requires very careful consideration, given the potential negative political and security consequences more broadly,” the letter states.
In the letter filled with propaganda and untruths, the Serbian Prime Minister complains that Serbs in Kosovo are being discriminated against.
She also mentions the legal action of the Kosovo Police in the north, where several illegal branches of the Postal Savings Bank (Poštanska Štedionica), which was controlled by Serbia, were closed.
“In an environment characterized by widespread violence and systematic, systematic, and continuous discrimination practiced openly against Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Pristina have effectively annulled all principles of the rule of law, democracy, and respect for human rights, which constitute the foundations of every modern democratic society. The specific acts of physical and institutional violence committed by Pristina against Serbs, which undoubtedly demonstrate disregard for the fundamental principles of the rule of law. Democracy and human rights, have once again been clearly shown through the raids conducted by the so-called ‘Kosovo Police’ on the branches of the Postal Savings Bank on May 20, 2024. This is not only a blatant example of escalating moves, which we unfortunately have become accustomed to every day, but rather an attack on the dialogue itself, considering that the issue of removing the Serbian dinar currency and addressing the fate of the Postal Savings Bank have become an integral part of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue,” the letter states.
The propagandistic text continues by emphasizing alleged ethnic-motivated attacks on Serbs by Kosovo authorities.
“Allow me to emphasize that the impunity for massive ethnically motivated attacks on Serbs and non-Albanian populations, the Serbian Orthodox Church, and their property, has become common and a given way of life in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija. Particularly shameful is the decision of Pristina to ban the entry of Serbian Patriarch Porfirije and seven bishops into the territory of Kosovo and Metohija to participate in the meeting of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Patriarchate of Peja. The Constitution of the Republic of Serbia guarantees every individual freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, while the incitement of religious, national, or racial intolerance is strictly prohibited and punishable, making these actions of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government absolutely unacceptable,” the letter states.
Nearly 400 deputies from 32 NATO member countries and 25 partner countries and parliamentary organizations will participate in the spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, from May 24 to 27 in Sofia.
The forum will be organized by the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria.
