Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani exchanged accusations against each other from a distance during discussion panels in Prague.
Vučić called on the European Union for a “concrete and clear” reaction to, as he stated, protect Serbs in Kosovo.
“Serbia remains a responsible partner of the EU in the process of normalizing relations with Pristina, but it will use all diplomatic means available to prevent terror against its people. Slowly but surely, the whole world is beginning to understand who is truly and fundamentally creating problems in the region. It is important that KFOR, as well as NATO, maintain their positions firmly linked to the bridge in Ibër,” Vučić said.
Meanwhile, President Vjosa Osmani accused the Serbian side of failing to implement agreements signed with Kosovo under EU mediation.
“Serbia must cease its funding and political support for illegal criminal groups operating in Kosovo. Those who carried out the attack in Banjska are sheltered in Serbian territory and have not been prosecuted. The people who have suffered the most in the last 10 years from these mafia gangsters, supported by Vučić, are the ethnic Serb citizens living in Kosovo, whose families and property are threatened. Serbia is a state that has aligned only 46% of its foreign policy with that of the EU, yet it receives financial aid equal to all other countries in the region combined. This state has withdrawn from implementing the Ohrid Agreement, claiming that it was not legally binding for them. We are in a situation where Brussels needs to treat us equally, despite knowing who is threatening Kosovo,” Osmani said.
Meanwhile, the European Union’s envoy for the Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, Miroslav Lajčák, has stated that there is a risk of destabilization in the Western Balkans if the parties do not engage in dialogue and continue to take uncoordinated and hasty actions.
