TIRANA, October 5 – “I am very worried and we are all very worried because (in northern Kosovo) it is a very, very dangerous situation and it has already reached a point where year after year the potential danger has increased. The criminal activities in that part where the majority of the Serb minority lives, are completely aligned with a political agenda and with a lot of nationalism, so it’s very, very dangerous.”
This was the answer of PM Edi Rama to journalists on Thursday in Granada, Spain, where he is attending the 3rd Summit of the European Political Community (EPC).
To the question whether the EU has taken measures against Kosovo and whether he thinks it is time for the EU to take measures against Serbia as well, Rama answered that “not only do I think so, but for the first time in at least the last 10 years, Albania is not aligned with the EU foreign policy statement, precisely because of this,” he said.
Rama noted that the mere fact that the Republic of Serbia declared a day of national mourning to mourn the members of that paramilitary criminal group that killed a Kosovar policeman was enough for the European Union to say that this is not European and must be punished.
Asked if he was afraid of war, Rama said that war is a big word, but before it is too late action must be taken, and we are following it quite closely. He was pleased that NATO has strengthened the KFOR mission in the north because the border there has become completely porous, transparent and all kinds of weapons, all kinds of other criminal traffic are happening.
Asked that Friday’s topic of the Summit will be the suggestion of some member countries to have a second-class membership, Rama said that there is no second-class membership, but we are in this situation because there is a first-class Europe and a second class Europe. /argumentum.al
