Celic: Pristina renders the dialogue meaningless by creating crises

Professor Dusko Celic from the Faculty of Law at the University of Pristina with a temporary seat in Kosovska Mitrovica says that the entire dialogue that has been taking place in Brussels since 2011 is characterized by the same scenario which involves creating a crisis through some unilateral move from Pristina, diverting the discussion from the planned topics. He emphasizes that Pristina does not act alone in this, but rather, it is part of an agreed-upon scenario between the political West and Pristina.

"The whole process, let's call it the Brussels process, from 2011 until today, is characterized by the same scenario from Pristina, and that is the scenario of accomplished facts. So, a crisis is created, a unilateral move is made from Pristina, and then the discussion revolves around how the Serbian side, or Belgrade, will adjust, how it will accept the new fact," Celic says for Kosovo Online.

As he points out, this type of scenario has been ongoing, and it is not exclusive to Pristina.

He explains that the scenario formally originates from Pristina, but "no serious person can convince us that some politician in Pristina, in the guise of anyone there, opposes the political West, the most powerful countries of the political West, including the USA".

"With this latest move, suspending Serbia's payment transactions, I am convinced that it is an agreed-upon scenario between the political West and Pristina. We have seen through the reactions of the West on this occasion, as well as before, that there is, in fact, approval of such moves in one way or another. So, it is obvious that they see Pristina as their project, as an independent state, and they negotiate with them based on the assumed sovereign state, and Kurti behaves accordingly in Pristina," the professor notes.

What, as he says, somewhat bothers him is that Belgrade does not clearly show that such behavior from Pristina and the West renders any dialogue meaningless. However, he points out that Belgrade does not do this as explicitly because it takes into account an extremely difficult and vulnerable position of the Serbs in Kosovo.

"That's why Belgrade doesn't resort to countermeasures and doesn't take steps to show, from its side, that what Pristina is doing simply renders any kind of further dialogue meaningless. However, Belgrade must send a clear message that, especially with this latest measure, Pristina has opted for a unilateral resolution of all issues, and in that sense, the dialogue is completely meaningless," Celic states.