The Kosovo policemen were released today from Serbia, after 12 days in detention. After this important news, Prime Minister Edi Rama also reacted, who, among other things, wrote that this is late but very good news, because it puts an end to the arbitrary deprivation of liberty of three people who have not committed any crime and the second, reopens the path of de-escalation and dialogue.
Rama also writes that he has just arrived in Brussels, where he will soon meet with the president of the European Council, where he will convey his concerns about the critical situation in the region.
The Prime Minister adds that the situation in the north degrades by hours and minutes, increasing the possibility of a Balkan “Donbass” right in the heart of Europe, and this, according to him, must be eliminated at all costs.
Kthimi i policëve të Kosovës në shtëpi është një lajm i vonuar, po gjithësesi shumë i mirë, sepse e para, i jep fund heqjes arbitrare të lirisë së tre njerëzve që s’kanë kryer asnjë krim dhe e dyta, rihap rrugën e de-eskalimit e të dialogut. Më vjen mirë që forca e arsyes fitoi…
— Edi Rama (@ediramaal) June 26, 2023
“The return of three Kosovo policemen home is a delayed, but it is still very good news, because first, ends the arbitrary deprivation of liberty of three people who have not committed any crime and the second, reopens the path of de-escalation of dialogue.
I am glad that the force of reason won over the reason of force. I wish that with the force of reason, the long-awaited de-escalation by all will start immediately and we will further resolve the knots of the final normalization process between Kosovo and Serbia.
We have just arrived in Brussels, where shortly I will meet with the President of the European Council, the precious friend of Albania and our region, Charles Michel.
I will convey to our friend the great concerns about the critical situation in the region and my conviction on the necessity of a conference without a time limit, where closed within the walls of a welcoming structure under the auspices of the Euro-Atlantic community, the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia must to conclude all points of the normalization agreement.
Unfortunately, lately both sides have their eyes on the front of domestic politics and polls fueled by nationalist rhetoric.
While the vital dialogue for the future of the entire region and relations with the democratic world have been turned away.
Meanwhile, the situation in North degrades by the hour and by the minute, increasing the possibility of a Balkan “Donbas” in the heart of Europe.
This possibility is catastrophic, so it must be eliminated at all costs. The strategic myopia in the approach to the dialogue, the delay of the excellent Franco-German plan, the deviation of the focus on the demonstrations of force and, as a result, the degradation of the situation in North, can cost the whole region, Serbia without a doubt, but especially Kosovo more than anyone else, an untimely return, with long-term consequences.
Albania will do its best to prevent this from happening, because it would be madness for the fragile peace we have built throughout these years, in the framework of the Berlin Process and through various initiatives, to be destroyed like a sandcastle by the return of the wave of Balkan, throwing us all off the path of European integration.
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