Edi Rama, Belgrade, Nov. 4 2021(BETAPHOTO/MILAN OBRADOVIC/DS)
Speaking about the on-going crisis in relations between Serbia and Kosovo, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said during a July 7 visit to Belgrade that progress was possible only if a dialogue was established, and an agreement reached based on the so-called Franco-German plan for Kosovo.
Speaking at a joint press conference after meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Rama said that it would be wrong to “underestimate the risk of tensions escalating to the point where armed movements might start doing something that should not be allowed at any cost.”
“This might bring us into a situation that can be compared to Donbas, in eastern Ukraine – more precisely, a territory could be created in the (Western Balkan) region, producing consequences of an unimaginable magnitude. Today, the situation can still be controlled, and there are clearly defined de-escalation points,” Rama explained, adding that it was essential that “a joint standpoint” prevail, and that the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue “resumes normally.”
When asked if Albania, as a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, would support Vucic’s request that the Council meet to discuss the situation in Kosovo’s north, Rama said that “everything Albania does is the result of consultations with global superpowers.”
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