Biserko and Čanak Alert Kosovo PM of Potential Serb Relocation to Raška; Vučić: „Short But Foolish“

Serbian human rights advocate Sonja Biserko and politician Nenad Čanak have alleged that the Serbian government is planning to relocate Serbs from northern Kosovo to the Raška region in Serbia. This claim was raised during a meeting with Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, as announced by the Kosovo government yesterday. “Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija will remain in Kosovo and Metohija,” responded the Serbian president today.

In the initial statement from the Kosovo government, it was reported that Prime Minister Kurti was informed of this issue by Professor Mark Baskin, who was accompanied by two other guests from Serbia.

Baskin, a senior advisor and professor affiliated with the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, soon clarified his role following the government’s statement. He corrected the description of his position, which had incorrectly identified him as the director of the center, and emphasized that he had not made any statements about the alleged relocation.

„I was present, but I didn’t say that. I heard and listened when Mr. Čanak and Ms. Biserko were talking about it, but I didn’t say anything about it,“ Mark Baskin explained briefly to KoSSev.

According to the Kosovo government’s statement, the discussions centered on the current situation in the Western Balkans, with a particular focus on Kosovo-Serbia relations, the region’s integration into the European Union and NATO, and broader future prospects.

The conversation reportedly included concerns raised by Biserko, Čanak, and Baskin—who has since denied making any such claims—regarding the „potential relocation of Kosovo Serbs to Sandžak“, where houses and apartments are allegedly being constructed to accommodate them.

„Biserko, Čanak, and Baskin informed the Prime Minister during the meeting that there were rumors that official Belgrade is planning to relocate Kosovo Serbs, especially those from the north, to Sandžak, where houses and apartments are reportedly being built for them. They urged Prime Minister Kurti to try to prevent such a scenario,“ the statement said.

However, the government’s statement did not specify Kurti’s response to these concerns.

“And will Kurti defend them?”

Asked about the alleged plans to relocate Serbs, Vučić today responded from the Republic of Srpska with a „short but foolish“ remark, sarcastically questioning, „Will Albin Kurti defend them, so they stay in Kosovo?“

He then revealed to the media that, as a child, he had considered the Medrano Circus and the Moscow Circus „the best in the world at that time.“

„But the circus that Albin Kurti and his supporters, like Čanak and Sonja Biserko, from the lower back regions of central Serbia are capable of creating, I have never seen before,“ Vučić stated.

He claims he would never have thought of such a thing and concludes by emphasizing, „Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija will remain in Kosovo and Metohija despite the wishes of Albin Kurti, Nenad Čanak, Sonja Biserko, and many others who want the Serbs from KiM to disappear.“