Lama: Distancing from Belgrade would improve the life of the Serbian community in Kosovo

Analyst Alma Lama assessed that the lives of the Serbian community in Kosovo would be significantly improved if the Serb List were to distance itself from Belgrade and accept Kosovo’s institutions as its own.

“I think that the Serb List, as a party, completely lost the trust of the Albanian community after the attack in Banjska, because they did not distance themselves from this terrorist attack. Any behavior by Albanian political parties toward them I see as a lack of trust, which was damaged after this attack,” Lama told Kosovo Online.

She emphasized that she believes the Serb List should represent exclusively the interests of Serbs in Kosovo, instead of, as she said, behaving as an agent of Serbia.

“This way of political behavior does not help Serbs in Kosovo, nor does it help coexistence in Kosovo and the integration of Serbs to live together with Albanians here. That is why I think the Serb List should change its behavior, view Kosovo’s institutions as its own, and truly represent the interests of Serbs in Kosovo,” she said.

Lama added that she fully supports cooperation between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo, but noted that she also supports distancing Serbian parties in Kosovo from Belgrade’s policies.

“It does not help them, it does not help Kosovo, nor their lives here,” she concluded.