Fatmir Çollaku, a professor of security studies, commented on yesterday’s false bomb alarm in the Kosovo Assembly, stating that such threats must be taken seriously by relevant Kosovo authorities.
Threats Originate from Serbia, Aim to Destabilize
Çollaku praised the swift and effective response of Kosovo’s institutions, which ultimately confirmed the threat was false. “These threats via phone calls about explosive devices and similar incidents must, of course, be taken seriously, and the relevant institutions in the Republic of Kosovo acted accordingly,” he said.
He reiterated his initial assessment that the information’s origin was from Serbia, which was later confirmed. “I said yesterday that the origin of this information, namely the camp, is from Serbia, and that’s how it turned out,” he stated.
Çollaku emphasized that “everything that can jeopardize Kosovo’s stability,” as he put it, comes from Serbia. “It means that we have no other enemies besides our northern neighbor, and everything that can jeopardize Kosovo’s stability and is oriented against the constitutional legal order in the Republic of Kosovo unfortunately comes from Serbia. Therefore, our bodies must be up to the task, as they are.”
Creating Insecurity and Undermining Trust
The professor stressed that investigations should continue to fully uncover who is behind these threats and to prevent potential real threats in the future. He added that these threats are made with the intention of creating insecurity among Kosovo citizens.
“All these threats, which are not new now, are several in number, which reflect and represent for me, some scenarios for a continuous attempt by Serbia, through various mechanisms, to act in a way that insecurity is sown,” Çollaku explained. “To create insecurity among citizens and to lose or shake the trust of Kosovo citizens in the country’s institutions and generally in the state of Kosovo.”
