{"id":13504,"date":"2021-05-15T13:10:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T13:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=13504"},"modified":"2021-05-15T13:15:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T13:15:56","slug":"ldk-vows-support-for-kurtis-genocide-lawsuit-initiative-against-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ldk-vows-support-for-kurtis-genocide-lawsuit-initiative-against-serbia\/","title":{"rendered":"LDK vows support for Kurti\u2019s genocide lawsuit against Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti has said to file a lawsuit against Serbia for the genocide committed against Albanian Kosovar during the war.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that this step is gaining support among opposition parties, as the Democratic League of Kosovo declared that it will be endorsing the legal initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Shk\u00ebmb Manaj, a member of LDK, said that the party \u201cstrongly supports\u201d the lawsuit as in the past years Serbia has tried to eradicate the civilian population.<\/p>\n<p>However, LDK calls for broader support, including civil society and local and international expertise in order to gather strong evidence to present at the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly support the lawsuit for the genocide committed by the Serbs. In our assessment, the crimes committed by Serbian forces against the Albanian civilian population constitutes elements of genocide\u201d, Manaj said.<\/p>\n<p>According to LDK, the move will not hamper the dialogue process with Serbia as this is a legal matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that it is a good thing that this matter was raised and that it does not harm dialogue with Serbia as it is not a political matter. This a matter of justice and should be handled as such\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>PM Kurti has said earlier that \u201ceverybody knows\u201d who the aggressors and the victims were during the war in Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are convinced that Serbia has committed genocide in Kosovo and this deserves to be taken to court. Preparing for this lawsuit is an obligation to our open, and the wounds of our people which are still open\u201d, said Kurti.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/05\/14\/balkan-talks-ldk-wont-be-a-part-of-the-dialogue-team-says-teuta-sahatqija\/\">Balkan Talks | LDK won\u2019t be a part of the dialogue team, says Teuta Sahatqija<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/05\/14\/spain-welcomes-resumption-of-dialogue-between-kosovo-and-serbia\/\">Spain welcomes resumption of dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/05\/12\/kosovo-serbia-dialogue-in-the-focus-of-german-diplomacy\/\">Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, in the focus of German diplomacy<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu13281\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti has said to file a lawsuit against Serbia for the genocide committed against Albanian Kosovar during the war. It appears that this step is gaining support among opposition parties, as the Democratic League of Kosovo declared that it will be endorsing the legal initiative. Shk\u00ebmb Manaj, a member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LDK vows support for Kurti\u2019s genocide lawsuit against Serbia - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ldk-vows-support-for-kurtis-genocide-lawsuit-initiative-against-serbia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LDK vows support for Kurti\u2019s genocide lawsuit against Serbia - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti has said to file a lawsuit against Serbia for the genocide committed against Albanian Kosovar during the war. 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