Unprecedented scandal/ Incident with Vjosa Osmani at Skopje airport. Security tried to take his personal phone

2024-08-01 21:04:13Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Unprecedented scandal/ Incident with Vjosa Osmani at Skopje airport. Security
Vjosa Osmani

An unprecedented diplomatic scandal happened this afternoon at the international airport of Skopje.

The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, had a confrontation with airport security, who tried to take her mobile phone. Osmani then asked for help from the speaker of the parliament of North Macedonia, Afrim Gashi, who sent his security to the airport.

The president's media adviser, Bekim Kupina, said that contrary to international practices and the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the Skopje Airport security tried to take the president's personal phone.

"The president did not allow such a thing because it would be a serious violation. Despite the explanation of the rules that the president's team made to the airport official, he tried to physically push the president, in which case the Kosovo Police was forced to react to open the way", said Kupina in response.

"This behavior of the Macedonian airport official is contrary to all international practices, according to which when heads of state travel, they are protected by diplomatic privileges and immunities. In violation of these rules, the Macedonian side took the personal bag of the president's hand", he said.

According to Kupina, even though this was against the rules, the president's team allowed it so that the President could enter the airport, specifically the VIP lounge, which was reserved with a verbal note from our Embassy, ​​as is the practice for the trips of heads of state . However, for security reasons, it is not allowed to hand over the personal phone in any way.

"The arrogant and violent behavior of the Skopje Airport official is unprecedented and has never happened in any trip of the president anywhere in the world, including in unrecognized countries. It is clearly observed that in the case in question there was a tendency to provoke the delegation of the Republic of Kosovo and to cause an incident", he said.

The President has notified the Speaker of the Assembly Afrim Gashi about this diplomatic scandal caused by the Macedonian side, whom she thanked for the assistance provided.

"It is worth noting that after the President entered the plane, the Skopje Airport did not allow the commercial plane to take off for more than an hour, under the pretext that the Slovenian state is not allowing the departure, because it would not be ready for landing", explained Kupina.

The President's Cabinet, according to the media advisor, contacted the Slovenian side who informed us that such a thing is absolutely not true and that the plane would be able to land at the scheduled time. The presidency considers any attack and irregular treatment contrary to international conventions of high state officials as an attack on the state of Kosovo itself.

"The Republic of Kosovo, never in its history, has treated the President/President, the Prime Minister or the Ministers of North Macedonia or any other country in such a way, nor will it ever allow such a thing," he said. he said.


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