Kosovo’s President Vjosa warned that the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia cannot fall into Aleksandar Vučić’s trap. Speaking to journalist Ilva Tare for the Atlantic Council in Washington DC, Osmani said that relations between countries must be normalized, but not the Serbian President himself.

“The dialogue is very important, with a goal of mutual recognition. This notion is being used by the EU because of their neutral stance. The goal is to normalize and the process shouldn’t be used to normalize Vučić, so that he can appear like a pro-European leader, which he’s not. Let’s be honest. We’re facing an autocrat,” declared Osmani.

Serbia has never apologized for the genocide and is the only party that must be asked to commit to the dialogue, the president further explained. She also said that it’s very dangerous to only be focused on the Association of Serb Municipalities and ignore other issues.

“There are almost 40 agreements we’ve reached and the list of violations on Serbia’s part is very, very long. Only last week, Serbia committed eight violations of recent agreements. We must not fall into Vučić’s trap, that is to postpone and delay the dialogue,” warned Osmani.

She slammed the draft statute on the Association proposed by the Managing Team as a “Republika Srpska”. According to the president, Serbia is not interested in minority rights, but only cares for an instrument that will continue to challenge Kosovo’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

Osmani also opposed the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, who said that the Managing Team’s proposal is not final, but is the starting point for discussions on the Association.

“The starting point must be the Constitution of Kosovo and not a proposal of Serbia, aiming to create another ‘Dodik Republika’ or even worse in our region. This must be unanimously denied as a very dangerous model and not be seen as a foundation for negotiations,” expressed Osmani.