Canaj: Both Pristina and Belgrade should focus on the lives of citizens

Political analyst from Pristina, Blerim Canaj, assesses that the distrust in the dialogue and the normalization agreement between Serbs and Albanians is the result of the policies of Belgrade and Pristina, which should focus on the lives of citizens.

"I think our government needs to talk to the Serbs who live here. It doesn't matter as much what Vucic or those in Serbia think, or what the media reports there, but it is important to see how the Serbs who live here in Kosovo live and what they think. Sometimes I feel that neither Vucic nor Kurti are very interested in the Serbian people here in Kosovo, but they need them only for their political goals. For example, when Kurti needs something, something happens in the north, or if Vucic needs something when he has problems in Serbia, something happens in the north again," Canaj says for Kosovo Online.

According to him, this is also the key reason for the distrust in the dialogue.

"People have started to notice this, and, of course, trust in the dialogue will be lost. I think the Albanian side has started to not deal with these issues much, and on the other hand, you have Serbian media that bombard with information about God knows what happening in Kosovo. Tell some Serb who has never been to Kosovo that you came to Pristina and that we are doing an interview. How much will they believe you? There is an illusion that Serbs in Kosovo cannot do anything, as if there is some kind of repression here," Canaj concludes.