The position of Russia and China, as well as of the US and Germany, regarding Kosovo, is completely clear and unambiguous, Chairperson of the Serbian Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said, adding it is also necessary that the US fully clarifies its position, BETA news agency reported.
Drecun told RTS over the weekend that the US position on Kosovo is crucial – “whether they want a compromise solution or will continue pressure on Belgrade to recognize Kosovo.”
“At first glance everything is clear – but there is actually confusion in the public and pressure on the government in Belgrade, as Albanians play the political game on the Haradinaj-Thaci route, with the goal of postponing the dialogue,” Drecun noted.
He went on saying that Haradinaj has been making threats of violence for a long time, and that these threats are directed at preventing the dialogue and then blaming Belgrade for this.
“This is just one in a series of threats that have been going on for a long time since the creation of the Kosovo army, attempts to establish control over Trepca and Gazivode (…). Pristina’s obsession is to establish full control over northern Kosovo, something that Serbs will not accept. Pristina could realize these goals exclusively through violence and the completion of the ethnic cleansing, that is, the expulsion of the Serb population from the north,” Drecun said.
Albanians have resources for that – something that, according to him, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has warned about – “but KFOR is the one that should prevent it.”
“You have a warning from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that KSF cannot not be in northern Kosovo without the approval of the KFOR commander. Therefore, the United States in this crucial moment for and around Kosovo needs to clarify its position, and this is of key importance for Pristina’s behavior,” Drecun said.
Drecun also stressed it is necessary that Pristina abolish the tariffs on goods from Serbia, and this is the formal condition to continue the dialogue. “It an illusion to believe that the US pressure on this issue is not enough. Clearly, pressure to abolish the tariffs is not strong, because it is not happening,” he concluded.
