The announcement of the self-proclaimed Kosovo state’s head of diplomacy Hashim Thaci that Pristina is working on the preparations for the lawsuit against Serbia for genocide is in the realm of fantasy, and at issue is the case of Thaci and his peers from the so-called KLA avoiding the responsibility before the future Special Court of War Crimes in Kosovo, political analyst Djordje Vukadinovic has told the International Radio Serbia.
“Despite the occasional open partiality in one segment of the international community when it comes to the policy of the interim institutions in Pristina, the insisting on the alleged genocide over the Kosovo Albanians during the armed conflict 1998-2000 has no ground in either substantial or formal reasons,” Vukadinovic claims categorically. He says that the crimes, which were committed by both sides, according to the regulations of the international law and verdicts of the International Court of Justice in The Hague and those of the Hague Tribunal do not meet the criteria to be declared genocide. On the other hand, he reminds, for the formal and essential reasons, Kosovo may not submit the lawsuit, since that rights belongs exclusively to the member-states of the UN. “There is a possibility of another country filing the suit on behalf of Kosovo, but I do not believe someone would dare making a move that is obviously futile and condemned to fail,” our collocutor emphasized.
Vukadinovic believes that the latest initiative from Pristina will not affect the dialog in Brussels and the implementation of the hitherto attained agreements. According to him, aside from avoiding the command responsibility, Hashim Thaci is presenting himself as the foremost proponent of Kosovo’s interests, and seeks to secure the support of a part of the provincial public prior to some future elections.
“In the process that is under way in Brussels the key position belongs to the international actors, so the statements from certain important participants from Belgrade or Pristina are losing steam once the international mediators appear and conclude they need to see some progress in the process. There are only two ways to really jeopardize the Brussels dialog – one, if some of the involved sides would go to far in their demands, as frequently done by Pristina; or two, if the international mediators would decide at some point to give up on the entire process. But so far, there have not been any such indications,” it was concluded by political analyst Djordje Vukadinovic.
