{"id":47130,"date":"2023-01-17T16:35:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=47130"},"modified":"2023-01-17T16:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:35:34","slug":"walker-belgrade-wants-to-use-serbs-and-albanians-in-the-north-as-chess-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/walker-belgrade-wants-to-use-serbs-and-albanians-in-the-north-as-chess-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker: Belgrade wants to use Serbs and Albanians in the North as chess pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">William Walker, the head of the OSCE Monitoring Mission in Kosovo, the man who saw and testified to the world the massacre of Recak on January 15, 1999, says that the request for the formation of the Association shows that Belgrade wants to play with the north of Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">In an exclusive interview for Euronews Albania, Walker said that the government in Belgrade wants to use both the Serbs and the Albanians in the north as chess pieces.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">According to him, until the Serbs of North Mitrovica understand that they are citizens of Kosovo, there will always be issues and conflicts in the North.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">&#8220;I am not a fan of the option of isolating communities, as in the case of the Serbian minority that wants to create the Association. I understand why the Serbian community is looking for it. They continue to enjoy playing games in the north of Kosovo. I think that the government in Belgrade wants to use both the Serbs and the Albanians in the north as chess pieces. I hope that at some point, the Serbs of North Mitrovica will understand that they are Kosovars, but of Serbian ethnicity. They should consider themselves citizens of Kosovo. 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