Moscow's message to Pristina: Your fate will be very different

Moscow's message to Pristina: Your fate will be very different

Instead of a European perspective, the fate of the so-called Kosovo will be completely different, despite the fact that the EU membership process has been initiated, Marija Zakharova points out.

The spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commenting on the tense situation in Kosovo and Metohija, recalled that the riots in Kosovo and Metohija began immediately after the European Union held a summit in Tirana and after the process for the entry of the so-called Kosovo in the EU.

According to her, the current situation threatens to escalate into an armed conflict and is similar to the bombing of South Ossetia after the NATO summit in Bucharest, when Georgia was promised entry into the Alliance.

"Few paid attention to the fact that the recent aggravation of the situation in self-proclaimed Kosovo occurred immediately after the European Union held a summit in Tirana with the participation of the Western Balkan countries," Zakharova wrote on Telegram.

"Here's how it was: on December 6, the European Union holds a summit in Albania, adopts the Tirana Declaration in which it supports the desire of the 'Western Balkans' to join the European Union. And in a separate paragraph of the Tirana Declaration, it is stated that self-proclaimed Kosovo, as well as Serbia, are "on the European road,'" Zakharova wrote.

According to her, it's no wonder that less than a week after the summit, Kosovo separatists started armed escalation and violent provocations on the territory of the southern Serbian province - they arrested Serb Dejan Pantić and started spreading aggressive rhetoric.

Zakharova reminded that the vast majority of Kosovo residents are ethnic Albanians who closely follow the politics and European perspective of neighboring Albania. She also reminded that Kosovo's "prime minister" Albin Kurti, in the midst of riots and worsening of the situation on the streets and roads, submitted an application for membership in the EU, the political process was initiated.

The Russian official referred to the situation in 2008, when the former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, inspired by the decisions of the NATO summit in Bucharest that Georgia would join the Alliance, "went crazy" and started shelling South Ossetia, Russian citizens and peacekeepers.

"The mechanism of inspired impunity has been proven. The risk of escalation and armed conflict in the northern part of Kosovo and Metohija is growing. The following conclusion is that, instead of a European perspective, the fate of the so-called Kosovo will be completely different," Zakharova concluded.

"And what is most important, the European Union is leading Belgrade to a 'beautiful future' with one hand, and with the other it is dealing with anti-Serb provocations. This is betrayal from the very beginning. Like a marriage that begins with fraud," added Zakharova, quoted by Russia Today Balkan.