Covic: Kurti’s visit to Tetovo was illegal; those responsible should be severely punished

The former president of the Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija, Nebojsa Covic, said that the visit of Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti to Tetovo in North Macedonia was illegal, as well as that certain Quint countries tolerated Kurti's behavior and his daily provocations, RTS reports.

"Those unofficial visits of theirs were always reduced to a big show and big provocations in the sense of something they are trying to create permanently, which is the 'Greater Albania'. However, another additional problem arises here - who is behind the project of the 'Greater Albania'?" Covic asked.

He added that the authorities of North Macedonia should severely punish those responsible for the organization of Kurti's visit to Tetovo.

Speaking about the terrible crime in Gorazdevac in which two children were killed and four were seriously wounded, when unknown assailants opened fire on the children, who were bathing in the Bistrica River, and two decades have passed since then, Covic said that the international factor on the territory of Kosovo was not doing its job properly.

"This was about children. There were more than 50 of them. They went swimming in that Bistrica River and then several bursts were fired from the other side. Then we were in direct contact with UNMIK, and KFOR was in charge; we had their promises that they would leave no stone unturned to find them... Here's what they turned over, in 2010, EULEX closed the investigation, and now I see that in 2018, it handed it over to some institutions in Pristina," Covic said.

He pointed out that the latest events showed the attitude of the international community towards the problem faced by the Serbian community and Belgrade in Kosovo.

Covic said that there was no greater crime than the crime committed in the "Yellow House" - human organ trafficking.

"But as you know, you saw the Council of Europe and Dick Marty, but nothing happened. But let's hope and believe in all that. Everything is possible and there will be a change, and I believe that it is possible to find the perpetrators very quickly, if they are still alive," Covic said.

He added that there was constant talk about the connection between the so-called state and the Albanian mafia and that we should not only look at our area, but also a little wider, and that we could see what they had done in Ecuador.

Speaking about the indictment against Milorad Dodik, Covic said that it was in line with the attacks and the great pressure exerted on Serbia.

"The attacks on the Republika Srpska and Dodik are due to the fact that the Republika Srpska does not allow changes to the Dayton Agreement, and one of the guarantors for the Dayton Agreement is the Republic of Serbia. It is very important that the Dayton Agreement is implemented as it was adopted. It is important for the preservation of the Serbs on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, that is, on the territory of a part of the Republika Srpska," Covic stated.