Hasani: Kurti behaved in a hostile manner toward North Macedonia during his visit to Skopje

Enver Hasani, a professor of international law from Kosovo, has stated that Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti had displayed hostile behavior toward North Macedonia during his visits to Skopje and Tetovo, as reported by Koha.

Such hostile behavior, he added, could have an impact on relations between Kosovo and North Macedonia.

"Kurti's visit to Skopje is not the first time that Kosovo leaders have acted in a hostile manner toward their neighbors who pursued friendly policies. Take the case of Kumanovo. Regardless of the motive and why, it was a tragedy for the families and for Kosovo," he noted.

He emphasized that interference in the internal processes of another country should be avoided, and he noted that Kurti had even gone against North Macedonia's legal procedures regarding the use of symbols that were not allowed there.

Discussing Albin Kurti's participation in the summit in Athens, Hasani stated that he had attended with the status of a "problematic state" and that Kosovo had been represented in a secondary position compared to other countries.

Hasani emphasized that Prime Minister Albin Kurti should heed the advice of the United States rather than continue with "this logic."

"The Prime Minister must take his status at that conference very seriously. The status was that of a problematic country, a country not entirely sovereign and independent. A country that has fundamentally, and most tragically, misread the situation of the war in Ukraine from the very beginning until now, and that contrary to what it believed, has come to Athens with a position that is a secondary one in relation to others," Hasani said.

Regarding the Kosovo Government's belief that all blame would be shifted onto Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and that Serbia would be the problem concerning the war in Ukraine and the non-imposition of sanctions on Russia, Hasani said it had been a mistake, and he added that Kosovo had a more offensive language toward Putin and Serbia than NATO countries.