{"id":28165,"date":"2021-12-24T10:57:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T09:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=28165"},"modified":"2021-12-24T11:02:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T10:02:08","slug":"open-balkan-is-pointless-without-kosovo-declares-croatian-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/open-balkan-is-pointless-without-kosovo-declares-croatian-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Balkan is pointless without Kosovo, declares Croatian President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Open Balkan initiative is pointless if Kosovo is not engaged as an equal party in it, declared Croatia\u2019s President Zoran Milanovic on Thursday in an official visit to Prishtina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the initiative is benevolent, then all countries in the region should be involved. Kosovo is a state that has been recognized by a majority of EU member countries. On the other side, if it\u2019s the opposite, the question would be what is the true scope of it\u201d, said Milanovic.<\/p>\n<p>The Croatian president said that the Serbian government is more interested in staying in power and that EU integration is not really among its priorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSerbia must make up its mind on what it really wants. Regarding these moves with the Open Balkans, well we\u2019re not in 1914 anymore. Fine, let the people move freely, but without Kosovo, the objectives seem quite clear and they are not so humane\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani reiterated that the country\u2019s only alternative is the Berlin Process, describing it as an \u201cinclusive initiative where all states are equal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Serbia gives up on its destabilizing tendencies in confront to the region, at the moment when Serbia recognizes Kosovo as an irreversible reality, as a reality that is heading forward and cannot be turned back, then Vucic\u2019s comments on his interest for regional cooperation can be taken seriously\u201d, said President Osmani.<\/p>\n<p>Kosovo\u2019s President also underlined that Serbia\u2019s military build-up shows the country\u2019s real objectives, while her Croatian counterpart said that he does not see Kosovo as threatened by the move.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/22\/kosovo-doesnt-need-to-be-hesitant-about-open-balkan-says-analyst\/\">Kosovo doesn\u2019t need to be hesitant about \u2018Open Balkan\u2019 says analyst<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/21\/rama-for-euronews-albania-open-balkan-will-continue-even-if-others-refuse-to-join\/\">Rama for Euronews Albania: Open Balkan will continue even if others refuse to join<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/21\/would-serbia-recognize-kosovo-in-open-balkan-vucic-replies-to-euronews-albania\/\">Would Serbia recognize Kosovo in \u2018Open Balkan\u2019? 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