The scandal that happened yesterday evening at the Skopje airport, with President Vjosa Osmani as the protagonist, has set the Foreign Ministry of Kosovo in motion, which has requested official information and details of the case from the Embassy of North Macedonia in Pristina.
The Ministry clarifies that after the incident, but also during today's day, meetings were held between the head of the Kosovar diplomacy, Donika Gërvalla, and the ambassador of North Macedonia in Kosovo, where clarifications were requested regarding the case.
Gërvalla also received in a meeting the Albanian vice-prime minister of North Macedonia, Arben Fetai, while he communicated by phone with his counterpart, Timço Mucunski, and in both communications he expressed the concerns of the institutions of Kosovo after yesterday's incident, deciding emphasis on the need to undertake quick institutional actions.
Likewise, a note of protest has been submitted by the MFA of Kosovo to the authorities of North Macedonia, requesting an immediate and complete clarification of this incident.
Gërvalla has asked the Macedonian authorities to take immediate measures to investigate this case and to ensure that such events are not repeated in the future.
"Regarding yesterday's incident at Skopje Airport, where the President of the Republic of Kosovo, Sh.S. Dr. Vjosa Osmani, was faced with an inappropriate and illegal treatment by the airport security personnel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Republic of Kosovo has taken immediate steps by requesting official information and details of the case from the Embassy of Macedonia of the North in Kosovo. Within the framework of the actions undertaken, Minister Gërvalla received a phone call this afternoon from her counterpart, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Timço Mucunski, during which the concerns of Kosovo's institutions were expressed after yesterday's incident."
While the Ministry of the Interior of North Macedonia has stated in relation to the incident that the bodyguards of the Albanian Speaker of the Macedonian Parliament, Afrim Gashi, were also involved, threatening the airport's security staff. This has been rejected by the Speaker.
The serious incident was also condemned by the leader of DUI, Ali Ahmeti, describing it as the most unacceptable diplomatic scandal.