Albania-Kosovo quarrel flares up, Osmani explodes against Rama: Intolerable support of Serbia's policies

A few days after Prime Minister Edi Rama's statement to the Austrian newspaper "Die Presse" that no more pressure should be exerted on Serbia to impose sanctions on Moscow, the President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani did not leave this comment unanswered. In a long interview for the Voice of America, focused on the mutual recognition between Kosovo and Serbia, she found the moment to whip the head of the Albanian executive, implying that it is no secret that there are some disagreements between them, which as she said it, are of an official nature. "I don't think that the approach where Albanian politicians, regardless of whether they are from Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia or Montenegro or Presheva, turn into apologists for Serbia's policies is something that helps both Kosovo and Albanians. I don't think it's right to justify Serbia's pro-Russian approach and actions, I don't think it's right at all to justify Serbia's not imposing sanctions on Russia because this then leads to the so-called "face-saving" policy of a regime in Serbia that also served during the time of (Slobodan) Milosevic. I also don't think that the crimes committed in Kosovo should be reduced to ethnic cleansing, because what happened in Kosovo is genocide and should be called by its true name," she said. Let's not forget, added Osmani, that Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state is also a national project and success, it is not a project and success of only Kosovar Albanians, it is national, therefore every Albanian, wherever he is, has a national obligation to protect it and push it forward this project. I don't think at all that it is right to justify Serbia for not imposing sanctions on Russia because this then leads to what is called the policy of "saving face" of a regime in Serbia that also served during the time of (Slobodan) Milosevic. I also don't think that the crimes committed in Kosovo should be reduced to ethnic cleansing, because what happened in Kosovo is genocide and should be called by its true name," she said. Let's not forget, added Osmani, that Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state is also a national project and success, it is not a project and success of only Kosovar Albanians, it is national, therefore every Albanian, wherever he is, has a national obligation to protect it and push it forward this project. I don't think at all that it is right to justify Serbia for not imposing sanctions on Russia because this then leads to what is called the policy of "saving face" of a regime in Serbia that also served during the time of (Slobodan) Milosevic. I also don't think that the crimes committed in Kosovo should be reduced to ethnic cleansing, because what happened in Kosovo is genocide and should be called by its true name," she said. Let's not forget, added Osmani, that Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state is also a national project and success, it is not a project and success of only Kosovar Albanians, it is national, therefore every Albanian, wherever he is, has a national obligation to protect it and push it forward this project.