Kosovo went to the elections on Sunday, who can mark a confluence of young people in the history of the country and even determine its future territorial integrity in the growing enmity world.
With the balance of election results, the Prime Minister, Albin Karti, on Friday evening, staged a massive rally in Prestina on Friday evening, under the slogan of “from the corner to the corner”. He celebrated the fact that his predecessors had failed, and he had failed to tighten the control of the majority government over the rebel -majority area on his northern border.
However, this feeling of hard -winning regional integrity appears to be weak. Although Katti did not mention Donald Trump, his presence was hung on the rally on the night of Perstina.
Although every national capital has been looking at the words and actions of another rich US president since his return to the White House, Kosovo has been at stake. The last Trump administration supported a plan that was at some point in Kosovo, and one of his officials has already begun attacking social media.
Almost a decade after the US -led NATO force supported it in the War, in 2008, a nation of 1.6 million people announced its independence from Serbia. But 17 years later, it is still not a member of the United Nations or the European Union as a result of a refusal to recognize its independence from Serbia, Russia, China and some European states.
About 6 % of Kosovo’s population is racial and most of them are loyal to Belgrade instead of Prestina. Its most important stronghold is on the north side of the city of Matrovika, near the Serbian border, which was a governing area for the government for the past two years, in which Karti deployed Kosovo police, shut down parallel institutions, and Well -enforced. Use of euro on Serbia dinar.
Critics of Karti, inside and outside Kosovo, say that the benefits of sovereignty have been imposed on the minority, rather than winning it, the frozen dispute was not resolved. In particular, the Prime Minister in Washington and the other administration in Washington has been scolded by refusing to implement the sovereignty package for the majority of Serb Municipalities.
Kurti’s party, Vait Wandojeja, won an absolute majority in a program four years ago that combined social democracy, anti -corruption and severe patriotism. This name means “self -determination”, and Friday night’s rally was surprised with the bright red albania flags, which were tied to a small handful of Kosovo with a national flag. The sign that hangs outside the office of Karte in Prestina, is a compromise, in which Kosovo’s geographical outline and some white stars offer on a blue background, which exceeds the historical and ethnic extent –
Kurti said, Albanian flag is, “something of a long tradition that continues”.
Talking to The Guardian on Saturday, the Prime Minister said he had no contact with the Trump administration, and he had every reason to believe that Kosovo-US relations would be as strong as before. –
“We have increased our cooperation with the United States during our tenure,” he said. It was primarily diplomatic, and we have increased defense and development.
However, Richard Greenwell, who was a special envoy to Serbia and Kosovo in the first Trump administration, tweeted on Friday that he was “deception” in the hope of Kyrgyzstan, where he was standing with Washington.
“Relationships have never diminished,” said Greenwell, who said a few days ago that Karti’s government was “not reliable”.
In Trump’s first administration, Greenile pursued a peace plan that would be included in Kosovo’s seeding Northern Matrovica as part of a land exchange agreement. Greenil also served for a while as acting director of the National Intelligence four years ago, but this time his title is “Presidential Envoy for Special Missions”. It is unclear whether the Balkans will be one of these missions.
Dangerous years are ahead
However, Washington Kurti’s only geopolitical headache is not. His premiere has also been marked by friction with the European Union, which implemented a pendant measures to recover Kosovo. According to, Kosovo has cost M 150m on the steps that stop new European funds An estimate of the Reuters News Agency. He has a history of 2023 when Katti installed the racial Albanian mayor in Matrovica and other Serb Municipalities, which mobilized the riots, which injured 100 peace near NATO.
Many analysts say that punishing Kosovo was unfair and not Serbia, despite evidence that the riots were encouraged by Alexander Woi.
Woi also avoided the thrill of us and the European Union to refuse to sign the 2023 agreement on Kosovo and Serbia’s actions, and failed to fulfill its move to not oppose Kosovo’s international organizations. Was releasing
Kurti has said that he will not consider any law regarding the Serb Municipal Authority or will join again to re -negotiate with the Belgrade unless Serbia takes steps to remove its obstacles. Opposition parties standing on Sunday say they will be more flexible and will re -enter the dialogue without any condition.
“I want to see Kosovo to go back to the table with the European Union and the United States,” “Hockey Abazi, who was once the deputy prime minister, but recently for the future of Kosovo, in a small group of opposition. Joined.
“If Karti lives in power, I think what we are seeing is the United States is primarily working against it by withdrawing its troops from Camp Bandstel. [Nato peacekeeping headquarters in Kosovo] And imposing restrictions at this point where Karti is being blacklisted.
Under the current government, unemployment has been reduced alright, which has increased the minimum wage and gained more economic growth than regional average. But there is an increase in the lack of progress towards normalizing diplomatic relations, and there are concerns about the weakness of the country.
Ramadan Elias, the head of the Research at the Kosoor Center for Security Studies, is of the view that if he has approved the Serb-Municipality Municipality (ASM) law association, Kosovo will now be in a strong position.
“If we are worried about the potential plans to divide Kosovo, especially now the concerns have been raised under the Trump administration, then the establishment of ASM is any other solution to the North. There was a way to stop. “
Kurti said he did not think that Voyi would dare to try to re -control control over North Kosovo, unless he was pressured to act with Moscow.
The Prime Minister said on Saturday, “There is no leader who will go into war with NATO.” “However, one thing we should be careful about is if he gets an order from Putin. Wouldn’t he say? I don’t think so.”
Prior to Sunday’s election, a vote was suggested that Karti’s Weight Vandosjay would decrease by a sharp majority, though polling in Kosovo has not been particularly reliable in Kosovo. If he falls short, the Prime Minister said on Saturday that he was not interested in unity with any major opposition party. But these parties also have a history of harsh enmity, and will also face significant obstacles in making it a stable alliance.
Alex Anderson, a citizen and political analyst of the British -born Kosovo, said that no matter what the election results, since the coming months and the year of independence, the country has been becoming the most dangerous for the country.
“We can see well that many dangerous things happen to Kosovo over the next few years, perhaps it also includes the withdrawal of Americans from Camp Bandstill,” said Anderson. “This will make Kosov very weak.”
