Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama has announced that two days ago he sent a letter to President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the President of the EC regarding the necessity of a new concrete push by France and Germany with the support of the US for the implementation of this plan.

The Prime Minister emphasized that we are in the conditions where the tensions between Kosova and Serbia can reach armed conflict, which, would be catastrophic and would necessarily involve KFOR.

“A day before yesterday, I forwarded a second letter, after the one of the draft statute, to President Macron, and Chancellor Scholz and, for your information, to the President of the EC, regarding the necessity and a new concrete push by France and Germany as the godfathers of the Franco-German plan with the support of the US, so that the Franco-German Plan be implemented at any circumstance, in the conditions where the degradation of the situation in the north due to the clash of the internal policies of the two states is increasing the climate of tension by the hour, risking a fatal armed clash between the groups in the north of Kosova and security forces, wich would be a disaster in the middle of which KFOR would be inevitably involved”, said Rama.

Albanian Prime Minister further emphasized that there can be no normality in relations between Albania and Serbia, as long as the latter does not immediately release the three Kosova officers.

“I am in front of you after another day lost without dialogue between the two leaders of Kosova and Serbia in Brussels, while the situation between the two states degrades through a dangerous spiral.

“As long as the three Kosovo operatives continue to be held in prison in Serbia, there is no possibility of progress in the dialogue or concrete any de-escalation without their return home,” Rama points out.

Nor can there be normality in Albania-Serbia relations, as long as Serbia does not put an end to the depravation of freedom of the three of 3 police officers who have not committed any crime. Even if they had crossed the border line, if we would take this claim for granted, in any democratic legislation, for illegal crossing of the border, people are arrested, questioned and sent back.

Keeping them detained for days is unjustifiable and unacceptable. The attempt to cover up this state aberration, for keeping 3 policemen without any rights while raising the voice for arrests in the north [of Kosova] of the Serbian minority [individuals] by Kosova forces is concerning. Democratic states never respond symmetrically to alleged violations of the rights of fellow citizens in another state,” Rama said.

The Franco-German proposal is recently being considered as a concrete plan for the normalization of Kosova-Serbia relations. Part of the plan is the commitment of the parties not to hinder each other in the integration processes and in international organizations. Another point of the European proposal is the creation of the Association of municipalities with a Serbian majority in Kosova.

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