Serbian politics on alert from the secret plan being prepared by the US-EU for Belgrade: behind the strong positions of Albin Kurti in Brussels stands the West, this is how they are "playing the strings" behind the scenes

In Belgrade, they are convinced that Prime Minister Albin Kurti has strong support from the West behind his strong stance towards Serbia. The leader of the radicals Vojislav Seshel said yesterday that he did not expect anything from the talks in Brussels because Kurti has the support of the West for his policy of rejection, causing incidents, crisis situations, conflicts. "Those who seem to criticize him now are actually behind him. "Kurti would not have dared to do such a thing if he did not have support from the West," Seshel told alo.rs. The leader of the radicals said that the EU will make some noise about Kurti again and then they will put pressure on Serbia to make other concessions. "Kurti is stubborn, then they ask Serbia to surrender", warned the SRS president. However, Seshel emphasizes that it is important that Belgrade does not reject the talks, but must maintain a firm position. "We cannot move forward until the Union of Serbian Municipalities is realized, until the Albanian special forces are withdrawn from the north of Kosovo and until the Serbs have the opportunity to choose the government that suits them in free elections there", he said. The leader of the radicals says that Kurti would like to be the new Zelensky and the West "is right for him".

Vucic's strong messages

On the other hand, Serbian President Aleksandër Vucic said yesterday that for him it was "clear from the beginning" that the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, does not want "any agreement" for the formation of the Association of municipalities with a Serbian majority, before it happens "what Kurti calls informal recognition". Vucic made this statement while answering journalists' questions during the exhibition of weapons, military equipment and a part of the capacities of the Armed Forces of Serbia, in Nis, in the south of the country. "I am grateful to the people in the European Union (EU) who made it clear who is responsible," said Vucic. He also said that he will not do anything that would harm the interests of Serbia. The last round of dialogue in Brussels, on September 14, between the President of Serbia, Aleksandër Vucic and the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, ended without progress in the normalization of relations. This was the first meeting between Vucic and Kurt after the outbreak of violence in the north of Kosovo at the end of May. The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Policy and Security, Josep Borrell, said that both sides have opposite positions, that Kurti first wants the political aspect of normalization, while Serbia wants to start the formation of the Association of municipalities with a Serbian majority. He said that the Prime Minister of Kosovo did not accept the EU proposal for compromise. According to Borrell, Kurti considered that the first step should be the recognition of Kosovo as an independent state. Kurti, on the other hand, said that at the meeting "neither the Serbian nor the Brussels side had any document as a proposal". After the last meeting in Brussels, Vu?i?i told reporters that Serbia "accepted the compromise proposal of the EU". "We have to keep talking", declared Vucic on Thursday. In a statement for REL, the US Department of State has expressed disappointment that no progress has been made in the new round of dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia for the normalization of relations. "We expect both countries to take seriously their obligations with the agreement on the normalization of relations, which they reached earlier this year. Time is running. We want to see progress on existing and previous commitments undertaken in the dialogue and with the Ohrid Agreement, including the establishment of the Association of Serb Majority Municipalities," said a US State Department spokesperson for REL on 14 September. For the formation of the Association of municipalities with a Serbian majority, agreement was reached between the two parties, with the Brussels Agreement, in 2013. The official Prishtina persistently refuses to form it on the grounds that it is not in accordance with the laws of Kosovo, namely that it cannot become a single-ethnic association. The formation of the Association is requested by the EU and the United States of America.