{"id":28253,"date":"2021-12-25T16:48:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T15:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=28253"},"modified":"2021-12-25T16:59:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T15:59:22","slug":"serbia-is-playing-a-political-game-in-open-balkan-says-ldk-deputy-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/serbia-is-playing-a-political-game-in-open-balkan-says-ldk-deputy-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Serbia is playing a political game in Open Balkan\u2019, says LDK deputy chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lutfi Haziri, deputy chair of the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo said that even though Serbia is sending an invitation to all countries in the region to join the Open Balkan initiative, it is still insisting on having a \u2018warlike rapport\u2019 with Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>Past issues, he said, continue to steer Kosovo away from joining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSerbia hasn\u2019t recognized the sovereignty and territory of Kosovo and it is senseless for the latter to join this initiative,\u201d \u2013 said Haziri.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, at the regional level, Serbia is putting up a front as a friendly and cooperative nation, but when it comes to their neighbor, Kosovo, they keep hinting at tensions of war.<\/p>\n<p>Haziri argued that Serbia\u2019s behavior in relation to Kosovo, is indicative of a double standard and that they have turned this into a political culture, which according to the LDK representative, is nothing but a \u2018political game\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, he added that Serbia has to recognize Kosovo&#8217;s borders and only then, can it talk about the possibility of having Kosovo join the Open Balkan initiative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/07\/20\/passivization-of-ethnic-albanian-addresses-in-serbia-is-political-says-sonja-biserko\/\">\u201cPassivization of ethnic Albanian addresses in Serbia is political\u201d, says Sonja Biserko<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/07\/15\/helsinki-committee-compares-passivization-of-presevo-albanian-home-addresses-to-ethnic-cleansing\/\">Helsinki Committee compares passivization of Presevo Albanian home addresses to ethnic cleansing<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/10\/23\/depopulation-of-presevo-shaip-kamberi-albania-needs-to-get-more-involved\/\">Depopulation of Presevo, Shaip Kamberi: Albania needs to get more involved<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lutfi Haziri, deputy chair of the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo said that even though Serbia is sending an invitation to all countries in the region to join the Open Balkan initiative, it is still insisting on having a \u2018warlike rapport\u2019 with Kosovo. 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