The tensions in the north of Kosova have been considered by the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Olta Xhaçka, as a scene “recalling the dark days of the 1990s during the period of the Yugoslav regime”.

Through a press statement, also published on her Facebook social network, the head of Albanian diplomacy commented that the barricades in the north were not set up by popular anger, but by criminal groups.

According to her, Albania is together with Kosova in this difficult situation, stating that “it is not the moment nor the time to carry out military threats”.

“We are regretfully following minute by minute the appearance of an artificially prolonged crisis in the north of Kosova and we are deeply concerned by the escalation of tensions. The barricades that have been erected in the north, not by some wave of popular anger, but by a group of notorious criminals, are not simply preventing the normal course of life. They are also scenes that remind you of the dark days of the 1990s, which our region left behind once and for all, together with the former Yugoslavia that went away. 2023 is coming soon! This is not the time to make military threats or unacceptable attacks against Kosova Police, KFOR and EULEX Police. This is the time for dialogue and cooperation,” Xhaçka writes.

According to her, this dangerous confrontation must end and the perpetrators must be brought to justice.

“We are with Kosova in this difficult situation and we call on the Serbian authorities not to justify either the barricades or the criminal groups that refuse to remove them. Playing with fire is a very bad idea for the future of all our children,” Xhaçka writes.