
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, says that "the thesis made a project for exchange of territories was very good that failed". In the interview given to Syri TV, Kurti bit Prime Minister Edi Rama that " he knows Serbia much better than he does".
"Serbia has 48 offensive bases around the border with Kosovo. With 50-150 armed soldiers. 28 of them are military and 20 are gendarmerie. And they are in that 5 km ground security zone, which was vacated until August 2001. And after August 2001, they entered there.
I do not believe they will attack us this week even though they are called offensive bases. I have increased the 2022 budget especially for agriculture and the military, 52% for the military. "I do not trust Belgrade even when it says something that seems peace-loving and everything it does is provocative," said Kurti, adding that he had also clarified Serbia's intentions to Edi Rama.
"Of course I have clarified this since we met. I do not believe that the SP is the Labor Party, but regarding some regional initiatives we do not agree. I believe that Serbia will destabilize the Balkans, which is not neutral, but has sided with the Kremlin.
You can not be neutral between the firefighter and the fire. They have 14 MIG29 aircraft. "They received 8 from Belarus and 6 from Russia and there is no dilemma here ", said Kurti.
But what does Rama say about this approach of Serbia? According to Kurti, Rama has two lines of argument.
"On the one hand, sometimes it considers that we are overestimating the risk, while on the other hand it sometimes indicates a risk that could be even greater, so we have to be a little more careful.
I think we have nothing to be wary of Serbia, because whatever gentle, generous attitude on our part, from Belgrade is read as a weakness. They do not understand Albanian generosity, gentleness, they do not understand being strong in principles and with soft words. "When you have soft words towards them, they think you are weak," said the head of the Kosovo government.