Vujinovic: Kurti is not commenting on the Board of Peace so as not to give Osmani importance

Security studies researcher Nikola Vujinovic assesses that Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti is not commenting on Kosovo’s participation in the Board of Peace of US President Donald Trump primarily so as not to give importance to Vjosa Osmani, since the invitation to participate in the Board was sent to her, but also because Kurti aligns with European allies who have refused to join the Board.

Vujinovic states that Vjosa Osmani is America’s interlocutor and that this is why she was the choice of the United States.

“That is the first message. They invited Vjosa Osmani to attend all these summits and to sign the founding act in Davos, while Mr. Kurti remained silent about all of it. Albin Kurti is not their interlocutor, and his silence therefore becomes even louder. He remains silent so as not to give Ms. Osmani importance, because the campaign is underway and she is making every effort to become a presidential candidate, which, at least at this moment, does not appear likely,” Vujinovic told Kosovo Online.

On the other hand, he points out that Kurti is a strong ally of the Europeans, primarily Germany and the United Kingdom, which are currently in very negative relations with Donald Trump.

“They all refused to join the Board of Peace because they do not agree with a certain counter approach to the United Nations. We can conclude that Mr. Kurti is aligned with those European allies, bearing in mind his very poor relations with the United States, not only with the administration of Donald Trump but even before that, and the fact that the strategic dialogue between Kosovo and the US is still on hold. When it will be resumed, we still do not know. In any case, we can conclude that Ms. Osmani has gained a certain degree of importance, but due to the nature of the political system in Kosovo and Metohija, where the president is elected in parliament, this will not carry excessive weight in her election unless political actors reach an agreement,” Vujinovic states.