Bazdulj: The war in Kosovo is not an option for either the Serbs or the Albanians, the formation of the CSM is necessary

The writer Muharem Bazdulj said that the risk of conflict in Kosovo was extremely small, that a blessing in disguise, as he stated, was a terrible demographic decline among both the Serbs and the Albanians, that we are an aging society, and that the question is not whether we want to go to war, but whether there is anyone who wants to go to war, Danas reports.

Bazdulj told FoNet that, although Serbia was demographically, economically, and militarily much stronger than Kosovo, it knew that Kosovo was leaning on Albania, a member of NATO, and knew what it meant to be in conflict with the Alliance.

He points out that the Community of Serb-majority Municipalities (CSM) is a necessary prerogative in order to preserve the Serbian community in Kosovo.

Bazdulj warned that there was a constant outflow of the Serbian population in Kosovo and that there was a fear that the Serbian community would be reduced to the "remnants of the remnants".

He pointed out that, in a practical sense, the CSM would make some things easier for Pristina as well, which was also shown by the situation with the boycott of local elections in the north of Kosovo, Danas reports.

Bazdulj assessed that it was paradoxical that the Government of Albin Kurti had neglected the part of the Brussels agreement related to the CSM, while that part of the agreement had been better understood by the previous governments of Kosovo, regardless of the wartime role of Hashim Thaci and Ramush Haradinaj.

For Bazdulj, the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina is a reality, which can be seen from the fact that both sides are dissatisfied with some parts of it.

He added that Belgrade had managed to include some things that were useful for Serbia in the agreement and emphasized that the agreement was therefore not a surrender because the defeated had no right to set conditions.

Bazdulj said that it was much more realistic to continue the bilateral dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina because conferences and congresses took place after wars.

According to his opinion, a conference on the Kosovo problem could theoretically be possible after some regional conflict that would also include some other countries.

For him, a frozen conflict is the most realistic solution, which is essentially not bad.

Bazdulj assessed that the phrase "frozen conflict" was repulsive to people because of the word "conflict" and that they would be more comfortable if the word "hibernation" had been used.

Citing the examples of Cyprus, Israel, China, Taiwan, and North and South Korea, he pointed out that in the case of hibernation, usually the stronger side, and sometimes both, could prosper in the medium term.

He said that in the case of hibernation, solutions that were difficult to achieve now, could be moved into the indefinite future and that was why we should not necessarily run away from the frozen conflict.

Bazdulj assessed that the European Union or Kosovo was a false dilemma and stressed that Serbia, as long as the five EU countries did not recognize the independence of Kosovo, should not be a "bigger Catholic than the Pope".

In his opinion, Kosovo should not get a seat in the United Nations, nor should Serbia promote and facilitate it.

"Serbia should have a red line and it cannot be expected to help the part of the territory that it considers its own to get that symbolically strongest prerogative of statehood, and in terms of marketing, it is more important that Kosovo is a member of FIFA and UEFA," Bazdulj assessed.