Gudzic: International community wants to show that Kosovo respects the rights of minority communities

Historian Aleksandar Gudzic said that representatives of the international community are seeking to portray Kosovo as a well-organized and orderly place where Kosovo institutions respect the rights of minority and socially most vulnerable communities.

In this context, he views the statement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who, during her visit to Kosovo last week, said at a joint press conference with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti that she had seen positive steps in relations with the Serbian community, citing the agreement on missing and kidnapped persons as an example.

“Representatives of the international community have shown themselves to be champions at ignoring problems and pretending that Kosovo is an orderly, well-organized state in which institutions and the majority respect the rights of minority and socially most vulnerable communities. I view von der Leyen’s statement in this context, in which she says that progress by the authorities in Pristina in relations with the communities is evident,” Gudzic told Kosovo Online.

He said he welcomed any agreement concerning the issue of abducted and missing persons, but stressed that Albanians have never been punished for crimes.

“These are people whose fate we have known nothing about for 27 years. This is best understood by the families of abducted and missing Serbs and Albanians. For 27 years, they have relived the trauma every year on the anniversary of the abduction or disappearance of their loved ones. I welcome the agreement that will shed light on the fate of abducted and missing Serbs and Albanians, so that their families can finally know what happened to their loved ones and relatives. The authorities in Pristina and the political elites of Kosovo Albanians have never been punished in the past for the violence they carried out, or, if you will, for crimes against Serbs. In fact, the political elites of Kosovo Albanians have been rewarded in the past for crimes,” Gudzic said.