{"id":24546,"date":"2021-11-07T16:39:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T15:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=24546"},"modified":"2021-11-07T18:02:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T17:02:59","slug":"for-it-to-be-a-free-and-open-balkan-serbia-will-need-to-change-first-said-kurti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/for-it-to-be-a-free-and-open-balkan-serbia-will-need-to-change-first-said-kurti\/","title":{"rendered":"For it to be an Open Balkan, Serbia will need to change first, said Kurti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo\u2019s PM, Albin Kurti has stated that his administration isn\u2019t avoiding the obligation to establish an association of Serbian communes, but rather it is the country\u2019s Constitution that doesn\u2019t provide leeway for any association to be founded on an ethnic basis. In an interview for \u2018Deutsche Welle\u201d, Kurti also declared that Belgrade is playing a dangerous game in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSerbia is behaving in the Western Balkans, just like the Russian Federation, where the Serbian Republic in Bosnia is trying to become a Belorussia while wanting to turn Montenegro into a Ukraine. The truth of the matter is that Serbia doesn\u2019t accept nations that aren\u2019t EU members, as actual nations. Instead, they consider them temporary,\u201d \u2013 said Kosovo\u2019s premier.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Kurti gave details regarding the real issue he has with the Open Balkan initiative \u2013 an initiative that has the support of only 3 out of 6 countries in the Western Balkans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they say Open Balkan, open for whom? Because we would need to be part of the European Union, not the Russian Federation or China. We oppose this kind of tendency. In order to have an open and free Balkan, Serbia will need to change first,\u201d \u2013 said Kurti.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Kurti maintained that he isn&#8217;t one of those leaders that believe in Balkan\u2019s self-sufficiency, adding that when it comes to this three-party initiative as well as a final agreement with Serbia, there needs to be an absolute presence and participation of the European Union.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/11\/03\/kurti-serbia-wants-the-bosnianization-of-kosovo-but-it-wont-happen\/\">Kurti: Serbia wants the \u201cBosnianization\u201d of Kosovo, but it won\u2019t happen<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/11\/02\/trepca-reclaimed-kurti-were-repairing-the-damages-of-the-past-7-years\/\">\u2018Trepca\u2019 reclaimed, Kurti: We\u2019re repairing the damages of the past 7 years \u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/11\/01\/kurti-government-eyeing-positive-developments-on-visa-liberation\/\">Kurti government eyeing positive developments on visa liberation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo\u2019s PM, Albin Kurti has stated that his administration isn\u2019t avoiding the obligation to establish an association of Serbian communes, but rather it is the country\u2019s Constitution that doesn\u2019t provide leeway for any association to be founded on an ethnic basis. 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