Spahiu: Kurti timed the agreement with Turkey to be signed ahead of the elections

Professor Nexhmedin Spahiu stated that Kosovo’s caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti timed the signing of the military-financial cooperation agreement between Kosovo and Turkey ahead of the new elections in order to gain a political advantage.

Spahiu says that Kurti and Erdogan are not particularly close, but that this is not a reason for Turkey to withhold support from Kosovo.

“While he was in the opposition, Kurti accused Erdogan of being a dictator, something the Turkish president probably will not forget so easily. Nevertheless, Turkey maintains its alliances regardless of who is in power. The fact that the agreement was signed precisely now may have been timed by Kurti to give him an advantage ahead of the elections. However, the point is that Turkey is one of Kosovo’s four main strategic allies, together with the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom. These are the four key strategic partners, that is, allies of Kosovo. Armament is a message to the region – do not touch Kosovo. That is the essence,” Spahiu believes.

The professor also states that Kurti likely arranged for the agreement to be signed precisely now in order to gain a political advantage ahead of the elections.

Asked whom this agreement is sending a message to – Kurti’s voters, the opposition, or the region – and what that message is, Spahiu replied:

“As I said, it is a message to the region – do not touch Kosovo.”