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The elections in the north of Kosovo, Vučić explodes against the West: Liars and frauds

2023-04-24 21:18:43Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The elections in the north of Kosovo, Vučić explodes against the West: Liars
Aleksandar Vucic

The Serbian president on Monday sharply criticized Western officials brokering talks to normalize relations with Kosovo, calling them liars and deceivers, and said Kosovo's Serb minority will no longer tolerate foreign "occupation".

Aleksandër Vucic spoke a day after local elections in the Serb-majority north of Kosovo, which were boycotted by Serb voters. As a result, Albanian candidates were elected to the positions of mayors of four municipalities in the area.

President Vucic praised the Kosovo Serb boycott of the vote, saying it represented "a peaceful political uprising" against their "occupiers". Serbs claim mistreatment by Pristina authorities and demand autonomy for the regions where they constitute the majority.

"Our people in Kosovo have shown which country they want to live in," said Vucic, the populist leader known for his frequent anti-Western outbursts. He is apparently angry with the European Union and the United States for allowing Pristina to hold elections in the north when a Serbian boycott demanded by Belgrade was expected.

The European Union said on Monday that the elections were held in accordance with the legal framework of Kosovo and that efforts were made to conduct them in a peaceful and orderly manner.

"At the same time, the EU regrets that not all parties and communities exercised their democratic right to participate and vote in the elections," the EU statement said. "The very low participation, especially among Kosovo Serb citizens, shows that this process is not and cannot be considered ordinary".

Kosovo is a former province with an ethnic Albanian majority that was under Serbian administration. The 1998-1999 war erupted when ethnic Albanian separatists rose up against Serbian rule and Belgrade responded with a crackdown. About 13,000 people were killed, mostly ethnic Albanians. In 1999, a NATO military intervention forced Serbia to withdraw from the territory. Kosovo declared independence in 2008.

Tensions have boiled over ever since. Kosovo's independence is recognized by many Western countries, but opposed by Belgrade with the support of Russia and China. EU-brokered talks have made little progress in recent years, although the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia last month agreed to implement a European plan to normalize relations after decades of tension.

Serbian President Vucic said he will "probably" attend the next round of EU-brokered talks with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, scheduled to be held in Brussels on May 2, despite "not expecting anything " from that meeting.

"I am afraid that this is the beginning of a much deeper crisis", he said./ VOA


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