Albanian PM's statement is "attack on peace"

Source: Tanjug

BELGRADE -- Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric says Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's latest statement represent "an attack on peace."

Djuric addresses reporters on Tuesday (Tanjug)

Rama warned the EU that unless Albania and Kosovo unify through membership in that organization, they would do so "in the classic way."
Djuric told an extraordinary news conference in Belgrade on Tuesday that the statement "cannot bring anything except endanger the fragile stability in the region," and stressed that Serbia "will never allow for a classic unification of Albania and Kosovo" to take place.

"We are warning Albania to stop beating the war drums and fully commit itself to respecting international and good neighborly obligations that it has," Djuric said.

This Serbian government official added that the country's representatives were "addressing the international community as we speak."

According to him, Rama's statement represented "a threat that's under the jurisdiction of the EU and the UN," and that Serbia for this reason "expects relevant international organization to speak on this occasion and present their position on the statements that represent incitement to new divisions."

"This statement represents an attack on peace," Djuric underlined, and said this was not the first time that similar positions have been voiced, "pointing out the desire of Albania's leadership to redraw the borders of Serbia."

"These," Djuric concluded, "are the dreams of people who want to bring new ethnic divisions and conflict to the region."