Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic, is only pretending to be a democrat and a peacemaker but he showed his true face this weekend in Kosovo, according to Albania's honorary consul in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Muharrem Zejnullahu.
Speaking for N1, Zejnullahu said the speech Serbia's President held the last weekend in Kosovo, looked like a rally and not as a speech of a statesman.
“Interestingly, Vucic didn't mention with a single word the status of Albanians in three municipalities in the south of Serbia,” said Zejnullahu, who is also the Chairman of the Albanian Community in Bosnia.
During his two-day visit to Kosovo, a partially recognised state whose independence the bordering Serbia disputes, Aleksandar Vucic addressed the Serb community inhabiting the Serb-dominated northern part of the divided town of Mitrovica.
Parts of Vucic's speech sparked fierce reactions among Bosnian politicians.
Related news
“I will be honest. Vucic should not have been allowed to enter Kosovo. He pretends to be a democrat and a peacemaker but yesterday he put on a pedestal Balkan executioner Slobodan Milosevic, comparing him with mythical giants. Vucic openly showed his face and said what he really thinks,” Zejnullahu added.
Commenting on the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and possible change of borders, he said the international community, which is mediating the talks, is “playing a double game.”
“One part of the international community says anything the two sides agree would be acceptable, while the other part says the idea of border change is very dangerous. Possible border changes would reflect badly on Bosnia and Herzegovina,” underlined Zejnullahu.
Kosovo, which has a population of 1.8 million and is mainly ethnic Albanian, unilaterally declared independence from Belgrade in 2008, almost a decade after NATO air strikes had ousted Serbian forces and halted a crackdown on ethnic Albanian groups in a counter-insurgency. Its independence was not recognized by Serbia, Russia, Bosnia and a few EU member states.
