Petkovic: Dialogue is not a priority for Kurti, but causing tensions is

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Petar Petkovic announced that Albin Kurti was only right when he said that dialogue was neither his first nor second priority, because his priority was to cause tensions, crises, and escalation of the situation, not only in the north of Kosovo and Metohija but and in the entire area of the Western Balkans.

"It is crystal clear to the whole world that instead of talks to resolve all open issues between Belgrade and Pristina, Kurti wants conflicts and riots, because that is his only policy," Petkovic says.

He adds that, apart from that, high on the list of his priorities is the mistreatment and disenfranchisement of Serbs, the deprivation of their basic human and civil rights, as well as the brutal violation of all agreements including the agreements reached in Brussels.

"This certainly includes the refusal to form the Community of Serb-majority Municipalities after ten years, which guarantees the collective rights of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, while at the same time committedly violating all other agreements reached under the auspices of the European Union," Petkovic adds.

Petkovic points out that the Brussels Agreement is not “a buffet” from which Kurti can take what suits him.

"The signed agreements must be respected, and the very foundation of the Brussels Agreement is precisely the CSM. Pristina committed to this during the last round of negotiations in Brussels, accepting that all previous agreements must be implemented," Petkovic concluded.