TIRANA, October 2 – The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has invited Albanians living in Serbia to participate in the population and property registration process.
This process started on October 1, 2022, and will last until the end of this month.
Through a video message published on social networks, Kurti said that Albanians living in Serbia “constantly face national and human discrimination, and recently also the deactivation of their addresses.” According to Kurti, this process for Albanians is not just a matter of statistics.
“As Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, I invite Albanians living in Serbia, and in particular in the municipalities of Presevo, Medvegja and Bujanoc, to respond to the registrars, registering themselves and their family members. I invite you to respond to the oppression by being registered. Respond to passivation by registering every Albanian, including those who are temporarily residing in the diaspora and Kosovo. You must firmly prove that you are there,” Kurti was quoted as saying by REL.
Political representatives from all parties representing the Albanian community in Serbia pledged to participate in the population, household and housing census in Serbia through a statement signed in July of this year.
Albanians in the south of Serbia – in Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanoc – boycotted the 2011 census.
According to the estimates of the international community, about 60,000 Albanians live in Serbia, mainly in the three municipalities in the south, which are also known as the Presevo Valley. /Argumentum.al
