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Serbia - Kosovo relations

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Aleksandar Vucic
Aleksandar Vucic

“The removal of barricades will begin. This is not a simple process, and can't be done in two hours, as some imagined. But within 24 to 48 hours the barricades will be removed. But distrust is not removed. Those who are playing with [the] very existence of Serbs in Kosovo must know that, same like we didn't allow it now, we will not allow it in the future as well.”

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Serbian president
28 Dec 2022 1 2
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Skender Perteshi
Skender Perteshi

“The idea of Serbia and Russia together is to try to make conflicts and crisis anywhere where the West has a role and to increase this kind of instability in the region to increase the influence of Russia and Serbia in the region.”

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Academic at the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies
28 Dec 2022 3 3
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Xhelal Svecla
Xhelal Svecla

“It is precisely Serbia, influenced by Russia, that has raised a state of military readiness and that is ordering the erection of new barricades, in order to justify and protect the criminal groups that terrorize.”

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Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo
27 Dec 2022 2 3
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Albin Kurti
Albin Kurti

“Our worry [is] that removal of these barricades cannot exclude casualties. And that's why we want to be as careful as possible to make sure that there will be no destabilisation and relative peace and security will be in place. However, we cannot allow this violation of lawfulness and constitutionality for ever. So, yeah, this must end, sooner the better. The EU-US all agree that barricades should be removed. But they are also worried how this might be used and abused by Belgrade. I think that the worry of our western partners and friends is the links of Belgrade with Moscow. We do not know how they could be rendered operative in case of rising of tensions, towards escalation in the north. I think that their major concern is precisely this: now that Russia got severely wounded in Ukraine after its invasion and aggression, they have interest in spillover. They have interest in outsourcing their war-mongering drive to the Balkans where they have a client who's in Belgrade.”

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Kosovo Prime Minister
20 Dec 2022 7 3
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Besnik Bislimi
Besnik Bislimi

“The intensity of hybrid attacks by Serbia and Russia against Kosovo has significantly increased… There was a Russia- Serbia plan to burn the Jarinje crossing point yesterday but it was prevented by Kosovo institutions in cooperation with international partners, particularly the Americans.”

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Kosovo’s deputy prime minister in charge of dialogue with Serbia
19 Dec 2022 3 2
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Albin Kurti
Albin Kurti

“The barricades in the north will not be tolerated for too long. I cannot say it is a civic protest when there are armed people there [at the barricades] who want to return Kosovo to 1999 and who hold up slogans and photos of despotic [Russian President Vladimir] Putin.”

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Kosovo Prime Minister
19 Dec 2022 3 2
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John Feffer
John Feffer

“Although Serbia hasn't imposed sanctions, it also didn't recognise the breakaway regions, and Vucic was unhappy with Putin's explicit use of Kosovo as a precedent to justify the independent status of the Donbas. Serbia is also dependent on EU assistance, so that serves as a serious brake on any steps Belgrade takes toward Kosovo.”

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Director of Foreign Policy in Focus
15 Dec 2022 6 5
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Amateur International Boxing Association
Amateur International Boxing Association

“The Kosovo Boxing Federation has been a full member of AIBA since November 2014 and is expected to attend the AIBA Men's World Boxing Championships. AIBA expects that the Kosovo Boxing Federation's delegation will be treated no differently than the delegation of any other AIBA member.”

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Statement by
23 Oct 2021 4 2
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Daniel Serwer
Daniel Serwer

“Serbia would have to abandon any EU ambitions if it acted militarily against Bosnia or Kosovo. But Vucic [Aleksandar Vucic] appears to have already given up on EU accession. The situation is dangerous. NATO needs to make clear that it will not tolerate Serbian mobilisation of forces against its neighbours, as it did last week against Kosovo, which has no army.”

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Professor who served as the US special envoy and coordinator for the Federation entity
06 Oct 2021 8 7
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Reuf Bajrovic
Reuf Bajrovic

“Vucic [Aleksandar Vucic] is preparing to use military force in Kosovo and Bosnia when international circumstances change in his favour - such as when US troops withdraw from KFOR (the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo) or when Russia - Serbia's ally - decides to directly intervene in the region. Russia-trained mercenaries in Bosnia and Montenegro are an integral part of the Serbian military strategy for the region. It is a carbon copy of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's pre-invasion actions in Georgia and Ukraine. Vucic government officials have openly stated that Serbia will use military force in its neighbourhood, including a threat Vucic issued against NATO troops in Kosovo last week.”

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Co-chair of the US-Europe Alliance organisation
06 Oct 2021 13 6
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Josep Borrell
Josep Borrell

“Serbia and Kosovo need to unconditionally de-escalate the situation on the ground. Any further provocations, unilateral or uncoordinated actions are unacceptable. The EU-facilitated Dialogue remains the only platform to address & resolve all open issues.”

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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
26 Sep 2021 2 4
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Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg

“I spoke to Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia & Albin Kurti of Kosovo about the need to de-escalate in the north of Kosovo. It's vital both Belgrade & Pristina show restraint & return to dialogue. NATO KFOR's mandate remains to ensure a safe & secure environment & freedom of movement for all.”

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Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
26 Sep 2021 5 3
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Dragisa Mijacic
Dragisa Mijacic

“For years, President Vučić has managed to send the message that it is necessary to work on reaching an agreement, but also to calm those radical elements in society who are against reaching any agreement with the Kosovo Albanians. His political and social engineering is often reflected in the fact that members of his party and coalition partners often speak contrary to what he advocates in public presentations, which further confuses the public and calms the opponents of the agreement. In the coming period, we will probably witness the continued use of this model of communication. They (the attitudes) are often contrary to what the President is saying. However, the latest public opinion polls show that more and more citizens believe that a solution needs to be found to normalize relations between Serbia and Kosovo.”

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Chair of the Working group for Chapter 35 of the National Convention on the EU
26 Jun 2021 4 4
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Aleksandar Vucic
Aleksandar Vucic

“It is our job… to look for a compromise solution every day, because without it someone will unfreeze that conflict one day, and then, whatever we do and no matter how it all ends, I would have to tell someone's mother – I'm sorry you don't have a son anymore, but, at least we've achieved a great victory. I want to repeat – a compromise solution is the only possible solution, but if you ask me what a compromise is, I will tell you – I don't know. However, we all have to reach a compromise together. If we fail to do that, we will leave this problem to future generations.”

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Serbian president
25 Jun 2021 1 4
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Miroslav Lajčák
Miroslav Lajčák

“Both leaders were very open and honest about what they want in the dialogue, that is important for the EU, there is no other way forward than the normalisation of relations and both are committed to working on normalisation through dialogue.”

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European Union's special envoy to Serbia-Kosovo talks
15 Jun 2021 4 4
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Albin Kurti
Albin Kurti

“From my point of view, this first meeting was constructive. It will be hard, but I am an optimist. We now have an honest approach to the problems. The essence of our conflict is the lack of mutual recognition. US President Biden said loud and clear that we need that.”

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Kosovo Prime Minister
15 Jun 2021 1 3
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