Pierre Mirel, former European Commission Director General for the Western Balkans, said in an interview with Skopje-based news agency MIA that a possible partition of Kosovo could have repercussions in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and the wider region.
“One immediately thinks about Republika Srpska but also the Albanian community in Macedonia, the Croat cantons in Bosnia which would want to join Croatia. This, however, goes even further: Hungarians in Slovakia, we can imagine Russia would also use this example with Transnistria,” Mirel warned.
He said he was surprised at the ‘mild’ reaction of European Commission to statements made by President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, and President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, concerning the exchange of territories.
“Thaci says he wants ‘minor’ adjustments but there is no such thing in this region, it is impossible. If you touch one element, the other will wish to follow suit,” Mirel said.
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