The Vice President of the Kosovo government and Pristina’s main negotiator in the dialogue with Belgrade, Besnik Bislimi, declared that „there is no problem with NGOs from any community“ and that there was no labelling of Serbian CSOs after the recent meetings in Brussels.
He added that his message referred to Miroslav Lajčak, the EU’s special representative in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.
„There was no labelling. I think that this statement or this conclusion is more or less similar to the conclusion ‘you threatened the European Union’. My tweet refers to the office of Mr. Lajčak, and does not deal with civil society organizations at all. Civil society organizations were in Brussels and had a series of meetings, I did not deal with any meeting, but I dealt with the fact that Mr. Lajčak met with a team of civil society organizations that say they are from Kosovo, but are part of the implementation of Chapter 35 of Serbia’s European integration,“ he said after a series of attacks on representatives of Serbian organizations who visited the European Parliament ten days ago.
In addition to the representatives of the National Convention for Chapter 35, representatives of organizations from the north, as well as the deputy of the Kosovo Ombudsman, also stayed in Brussels. On that occasion, they highlighted the position of Serbs in Kosovo, but also the decisions of the Kosovo government that affected their lives.
Afterward, the negative campaign of representatives of the Kosovo government was launched, and the Deputy Minister of Administration in Kosovo, Arber Vokrri, stated that the participants in these meetings were „Vučić’s propagandists“.
Viola von Kramon, rapporteur of the European Parliament, as well as the ambassadors of the Quint countries and the head of the EU Office in Kosovo, reacted to the statements of the head of the Government of Kosovo, sharing their support to the representatives of Serbian NGOs.
Bislimi, however, reiterated that his message on social networks was exclusively intended for Lajčak.
„Imagine, if Kosovo’s CSOs became part of the implementation of the Agreement on Stabilization and Association of Albania, narratives would immediately be created that they work for Greater Albania and that would be put to a stop. We visited Brussels several times, where we had with us citizens with passports or citizenship of Great Britain, USA, Serbia and Mr. Lajčak did not even let them enter the EEAS building, saying that teams coming from Kosovo should only have representatives from Kosovo, and teams coming from Serbia only representatives from Serbia. In my tweet, I addressed Mr. Lajčak,“ Bislimi repeated.
He also said that „at 11 o’clock he informed Mr. Lajčak about the tweet“.
„Mr. Lajčak understood, he did not react after the tweet. So, where is the problem, as Mr. Lajčak was more or less informed about the tweet, that he was the subject of the tweet. He did not respond to the tweet. However, others have tried to insert themselves there in the hope that more facts will come up. I have no problems with non-governmental organizations of any community,“ Bislimi concluded.
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