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The Serbian authorities are already ready to sign any settlement with Pristina in exchange for guarantees that they will remain in power, the Carnegie Moscow Center has said.
The fact that outgoing Kosovo Premier Ramush Haradinaj has been questioned by the Special Court in The Hague, (investigating crimes against Serbs committed during and after the Kosovo armed conflict), does not indicate a swift progress in resolving the Kosovo issue. Based on previous experience, the Serbian leadership has been skeptical about this piece of news, considering it as yet another trick by the West to force Belgrade to make additional concessions, according to a publication of the think tank and research center.
The Center further says that Haradinaj’s resignation, particularly if it results in a trial, will definitely influence Pristina’s actions in the future.
“The Serbian leadership is basically ready to sign any settlement with Kosovo, if it receives guarantees that it will not cause its ouster. If the Special Court located in The Hague could push the Pristina authorities in the same position, the Kosovo issue could be resolved successfully,” the Center wrote. The ease with which the West has allowed one of the key negotiators in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to be summoned indicates that western countries’ mediation in the dialogue has began to rely on completely different principles.
“Pristina’s caprices and blackmails have caused so much weariness and stress in Washington and European capital cities that they have decided to devise a fresh new plan. Now, the West believes it is not Belgrade’s, but Kosovo’s elite which is obstructing the achievement of a settlement to the Kosovo issue, and that it will continue to act accordingly in the future,” it is said in the publication.
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