Why is Albin Kurti upset that the three police officers were released?

Albin Kurti's government in Kosovo and those closest to him are spending more energy insulting those in Serbia who arrested three policemen, instead of rejoicing in the fact that they were released and starting the process of calming the situation by withdrawing all the acts that caused this crisis.

At the center of the attack is Edi Rama again, because it was rumored that he was one of the people who had directly influenced the release by using his international connections, which had increased the pressure on Aleksandar Vucic. He personally asked Vucic for their release from the first day, and after his refusal, of course, he worked with the international factor and regional leaders who have an influence on Vucic, such as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The strong and determined stance of the US and the European Union was also important, but Aleksandar Vucic used it to increase the price for the three policemen.

So, we can say that the US, the European Union, Edi Rama, Orban, etc. fought for their release. The only one who did not fight for their release for a single day was Albin Kurti. Even people close to him said that they would be lynched as traitors who surrendered alive. But let's ignore the nonsense for a moment and deal with the serious side of the issue.

And the serious side of the problem is the question, ”Why is Albin Kurti upset that three police officers were released?”

First, he is upset after his attempt to play the victim is over, and Serbia put the ball into his court. He now, in addition to taking over the less important issues, the mayor who barricaded himself in the Leposavic municipality building, must seriously sit down and do the tasks left to him by the Ohrid summit for the Franco-German plan.

The first task is the Community of Serb-majority Municipalities. It is the first step of escalation. And it should have started doing that an hour ago. It doesn't matter if he chooses Isa Mustafa's proposal, Edi Rama's proposal, the proposal of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, or his own. It is important that he sits down and signs.

Second, he seems upset because the entire Western international factor is turned against him and in favor of Albania in this case. As the American Envoy, Gabriel Escobar said at a closed meeting with the Civil Society in Tirana a few months ago, "Every day we go to work to help Kosovo and to be there for Kosovo". This is the reality that Albin Kurti created with the US, the European Union, and all its allies.

Although I don't understand, I can imagine his attempt to escape this situation by causing paranoia that Edi Rama is betraying him. I understand that he needs an Albanian enemy to complete the picture of the external and internal enemies of the Albanians. But in this story, he made the US, EU, and Albania enemies of the Albanians, and I don't know who remained allies except for Russia, China, and Serbia.

Edi Rama is on the same wavelength with the US and the EU in relation to him and he is not crazy to blow up the future of Kosovo and Albania because of the troubles and the nonsense of Albin Kurti.

The biggest damage that Albania can do to Kosovo is to enter into enmity with the US and the EU and to forever damage Kosovo as a problematic Albanian area. Fortunately, this is not happening and as long as Albania is an ally of the US and the EU, Kosovo is always safe, even though it has an anti-Western Prime Minister who is trying to create an anti-Western front in Kosovo.

With Albania's help to Kosovo, Albin Kurti's anti-Western front in Kosovo will fall, while with Albania's help to Albin Kurti, this front can become deadly for the Albanian nation.

Finally, Albin Kurti is not happy about the three freed policemen, because he can no longer be proud of the north of Kosovo without the help of KFOR. And KFOR will not even allow him to set foot in the north of Kosovo without fulfilling the international obligations arising from the Ohrid Agreement.

Albin Kurti's police officers, more than the victims of Serbia, are hostages of Albin Kurti's opposition to the international factor.

Now that the three hostages are free, Albin Kurti just has to sit down and do his homework. Although he is cynical, he waited more for the news that the Serbs had killed three policemen than for the news that they had been released. Their freedom is the beginning of Albin Kurti's prison. Now he is facing the consequences of his stupidity, seriously disrupting the peace in Kosovo, but also in the region.

Written by: Mero Baze, analyst, and journalist