Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has stated that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has a “nightmare” — and that nightmare is Kosovo.
Speaking in an interview with Türkiye Today on Thursday, Rama rejected Vučić’s recent claims about a supposed military alliance between Albania, Kosovo, and Croatia, calling the allegations baseless and driven by political fears.
Rama Rejects Claims of Military Alliance
Rama dismissed the Serbian president’s accusations that Tirana, Pristina, and Zagreb are forming a military bloc aimed at threatening Serbia. According to him, such statements reflect Serbia’s difficulty in accepting the political reality in the region.
“President Vučić is someone with great knowledge and excellent intuition, but he has his nightmare: Kosovo. That’s it. Period,” Rama said.
He added that when emotions driven by this “nightmare” take over, Vučić sometimes makes statements that “simply do not make sense.”
Response to Claims of “Neo-Ottoman” Ambitions
Rama also rejected Vučić’s earlier claims that Turkey has “neo-Ottoman ambitions” in the Balkans.
Referring to a delayed restoration project of a small mosque in Albania by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency, Rama said the slow progress itself contradicts the idea of such ambitions.
“What neo-Ottomanism? I am sure the Serbian president can see that Turkey has invested more in Serbia than in Albania and Kosovo combined,” Rama said.
Vučić had previously accused Turkey and the United States of arming Kosovo, portraying it as a direct threat to Serbia’s territorial integrity, particularly after reports about the sale of Skydagger drones to Kosovo.
Support for Kosovo’s Independence
Despite political disagreements, Rama noted that Vučić remains a leader with whom dialogue and cooperation are still possible on certain shared interests.
However, he stressed that Albania’s support for Kosovo remains firm.
“Kosovo is independent; it is a republic. This process is irreversible. If Kosovo is affected, Albania is affected. If Kosovo faces an existential threat, Albania faces an existential threat,” Rama stated.
