Ipse by Tag - Kosovo

John Kirby

Inserted 6 months ago

“We are monitoring a large Serbian military deployment along the border with Kosovo. That includes an unprecedented staging of advanced Serbian artillery, tanks, mechanised infantry units. We believe that this is a very destabilising development. We are calling on Serbia to withdraw those forces from the border.”

Aljazeera

White House national security spokesperson

29 Sep 2023 3 2

Aleksandar Vucic

Inserted 1 year ago

“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.”

Aljazeera

Serbian president

28 Dec 2022 1 2

Skender Perteshi

Inserted 1 year ago

“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.”

Aljazeera

Academic at the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies

28 Dec 2022 3 3

Milos Vucevic

Inserted 1 year ago

“Serbia's president … ordered the Serbian army to be on the highest level of combat readiness, that is to the level of the use of armed force.”

Aljazeera

Serbia’s Defence Minister

26 Dec 2022 2 2

Tim Judah

Inserted 1 year ago

“I am sure that the Russians are very happy and encouraging Serbia to take the stance that it is at the moment because clearly it is in its interests to try and make trouble in another part of the continent and distract Western attention from Ukraine. But this issue and the frequent flare-ups of tension long predate the Ukraine war so there is no reason to assume what we have seen recently would not be happening regardless. The only difference is that Ukraine has given an added impetus to the EU and US to try and resolve the Serbia-Kosovo issue, which is why we have seen so much diplomatic activity over the last few months.”

Aljazeera

Special correspondent for The Economist magazine

15 Dec 2022 5 10

John Feffer

Inserted 1 year ago

“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.”

Aljazeera

Director of Foreign Policy in Focus

15 Dec 2022 6 5

Sergey Lavrov

Inserted 2 years ago

“Kosovo and some other parts of the Western Balkans are becoming a hotbed of crime. There are terrorists, drug dealers. Mercenaries are recruited there for military conflicts ignited by the US, among others. There is information that militants from Kosovo, Albania, and Bosnia and Herzegovina are being recruited to knock Russia off balance, which includes sending them to Donbass [in eastern Ukraine].”

Balkaninsight

Russian Foreign Minister

18 Feb 2022 8 2

Aleksandar Vucic

Inserted 2 years ago

“There would be greater and far-reaching consequences than expected if polling stations were not opened in Kosovo.”

Rferl

Serbian president

12 Jan 2022 2 2

Gasper Dovzan

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Serbian government prioritized EU-related reforms and delivered on a number of important commitments, in particular on taxation and energy. But further efforts are needed. Serbia's progress on the rule of law and the normalization of relations with Kosovo remains essential and will continue to determine the overall pace of the negotiations.”

Rferl

State secretary at the Slovenian Foreign Ministry

14 Dec 2021 3 5

Dimitar Bechev

Inserted 2 years ago

“Serbia, negotiating its accession since 2014, has not opened any new chapters since December 2019. Montenegro, the frontrunner, is now carrying out talks on all EU dossiers, but there is no end in sight for that country either. Then, there is North Macedonia, which has been blocked from launching membership negotiations by its neighbour Bulgaria over a dispute about history and language. Albania, another hopeful, is a collateral damage because it is bundled together with the Macedonians. Bosnia and Kosovo are even further behind in the queue. Kosovars are frustrated that despite meeting all technical conditions they are still denied visa-free travel to the Schengen zone, unlike those living in the rest of the Western Balkans as well as post-Soviet republics such as Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine. Europe, it seems, is keeping the region at an arms-length, while continuing to occasionally pay lip service to demands for enlargement.”

Aljazeera

Europe’s Futures Fellow at the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna

21 Oct 2021 14 8

Aleksandar Vucic

Inserted 2 years ago

“Do not react to non-violence, but if they [Kosovo authorities] start violence, you protect your people and we will be with you. Just keep in mind what the price is that we will all have to pay for that, and why my request is to try to avoid it, and if they [Kosovo authorities] start and continue shooting our people, then we really won't have a choice.”

Balkaninsight

Serbian president

13 Oct 2021 2 2

Vesko Garcevic

Inserted 2 years ago

“The EU's waning soft power will slow down the democratisation process in the region and open space for other countries to walk in. There's no such a thing as a limbo in international relations … in the last… particularly five years let's say, China has been filling in the space which is neglected by Brussels. Moscow sees this as an opportunity and will increase its support to groups and politicians like Dodik [Milorad Dodik] in Bosnia or [Serbian President Aleksandar] Vucic in Belgrade or will do its best to keep the situation in Kosovo frozen.”

Aljazeera

Professor at Boston University

11 Oct 2021 11 8

Daniel Serwer

Inserted 2 years ago

“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.”

Aljazeera

Professor who served as the US special envoy and coordinator for the Federation entity

06 Oct 2021 8 7

Reuf Bajrovic

Inserted 2 years ago

“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.”

Aljazeera

Co-chair of the US-Europe Alliance organisation

06 Oct 2021 13 6

Aleksandar Vucic

Inserted 2 years ago

“Any kind of destabilization, problems even if they aren't big, create a huge problem for all of us in terms of attracting investors and the country's image. It's in our interest to try to advance our economy and work on rule of law.”

Europeanwesternbalkans

Serbia's President

30 Sep 2021 3 3

Ferenc Kajári

Inserted 2 years ago

“KFOR is the largest NATO operation in 2021 and consist of over 3500 soldiers from 27 countries, and Hungary will provide the third-largest unit. Hungarian officers will, among others, be in the position of political advisor to the commander and head of the KFOR legal advisory team.”

Europeanwesternbalkans

26 Aug 2021 3 3

Jasmin Mujanovic

Inserted 2 years ago

“Afghanistan a warning to all vulnerable, emerging democracies; Ukraine, Taiwan, BiH [Bosnia and Herzegovina], Kosovo etc. In worse case scenarios, great power promises mean nothing. Only hard power capacities & consolidated, formal alliances matter. For BiH & Kosovo, NATO membership an existential priority.”

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Political Scientist

15 Aug 2021 6 4

Wilson Center

Inserted 2 years ago

“Re-energized US and EU support is necessary to realize the goal of independent, multi-ethnic states and societies co-existing peacefully in the Western Balkans. Property rights and cultural heritage for all citizens in Kosovo must be secured, particularly for Kosovo Serbs' property outside of North Mitrovica and surrounding areas, and for Kosovo Albanians' property in the northern four [Serb-majority] municipalities [of Kosovo]. By not acting more strategically to help Serbia and Kosovo resolve their dispute, the EU has contributed to the current situation, in which the entire region is in a state of tension, enabling interference by Russia, China, and others. If meaningful measures are not taken to further consolidate Kosovo's sovereignty, and to support its multi-ethnic and inclusive society, Kosovo will-paradoxically-come to symbolize Western failure.”

Balkaninsight

Report 'CONSOLIDATING KOSOVO’S SOVEREIGNTY: Why it Matters, and What Must Be Done' by Wilson Center

04 Aug 2021 11 7

Miroslav Lajčák

Inserted 2 years ago

“The European future for Serbia and Kosovo depends on the normalization of their relations. The meeting was difficult and it demonstrated very different approaches of the two parties to the normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia. As a consequence, we achieved very little progress today.”

Balkaneu

European Union's special envoy to Serbia-Kosovo talks

19 Jul 2021 3 3

Miroslav Lajčák

Inserted 2 years ago

“The meeting was difficult and it demonstrated very different approaches of the two parties to the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia. As far as the EU is concerned, it's important to stress that the European future for both Serbia and Kosovo depends on the normalization of their relations and that they are expected to work together to overcome the past and solve the current issues among themselves.”

Rferl

European Union's special envoy to Serbia-Kosovo talks

19 Jul 2021 4 3

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“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.”

“Serbia's president … ordered the Serbian army to be on the highest level of combat readiness, that is to the level of the use of armed force.”

“There would be greater and far-reaching consequences than expected if polling stations were not opened in Kosovo.”

“Any kind of destabilization, problems even if they aren't big, create a huge problem for all of us in terms of attracting investors and the country's image. It's in our interest to try to advance our economy and work on rule of law.”

“KFOR is the largest NATO operation in 2021 and consist of over 3500 soldiers from 27 countries, and Hungary will provide the third-largest unit. Hungarian officers will, among others, be in the position of political advisor to the commander and head of the KFOR legal advisory team.”

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