One of the most active and “hardcore” Albanian activists in Washington, US Congressman Eliot Engel – as described by the Tanjug news agency – is set to visit Belgrade on Wednesday, the agency said it has learnt.
According to Tanjug Congressman Engel would meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
The two of them have already met in February this year during the 55th Munich Security Conference when Vucic met with the US Congress Delegation, and Congressman Engel was part of it. Bytyqi brothers case was in the focus of that meeting.
Tanjug also recalled that Engel is actively engaged in Kosovo issue for decades. He recently said that his “work to promote American-Kosovo relations would be among the most meaningful achievements of his years as congressman.”
Tanjug noted the list of Engel’s “achievements” is rather long including advocacy efforts for bombing Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, establishment of the Kosovo army, retraction of an arrest warrant for Ramush Haradinaj, remarks that Serbia should be expelled from NATO Partnership for Peace program due to its ties with Russia and assessments that Serbia is not ready to join the EU.
He also criticized Belgrade over its policy to work on retraction of recognitions of Kosovo. He asked Belgrade to renounce such policy, claiming the independence of Kosovo is irreversible.
Tanjug concluded the report by saying that given his political stances and engagements it would be rather interesting to see what message and what aim Engel’s visit would have in Belgrade tomorrow.
