Albania’s ambassador to the UN, Ferit Hoxha, responded today to the Russian delegation, stressing out that they cannot compare the war in Ukraine with Kosovo, as Kosovo and Serbia get engaged in dialogue to solve their problems, they do not fight.

“The delegation of Russia again raised a parallel with the Republic of Kosovo, an independent country that has been recognized by half of the United Nations Organization and also by this Council. This is wrong, incorrect and regrettable,” said Hoxha.

“I have already reacted to such claims in June, so I will speak briefly. Nothing could be more artificial and forced than comparing an international effort to end a conflict to protect victims and establish a peace process, to find a solution that was the case in Kosovo, with pure, unprovoked aggression and shame referendums engineered in Moscow and held in Ukraine,” he added.

According to Hoxha, “no one is and no one can be deceived”.

“No attempt to compare the incomparable, no short-cut relationship out of any historical and political context can help Russia divert attention from its war in Ukraine or hide the flagrant violation of international law that has turned it into an unwanted international order. Kosovo and Serbia get engaged in dialogue to solve their problems. They meet, they don’t fight. But above all, the issue here is not Kosovo, nor any other part of the world, but Russian aggression, Russia’s crimes and Russia’s seizure of territory to the detriment of its neighbor. You will not be able to confuse us”, said Hoxha.

/Klara Ruci/