"No negotiations" leader advises against attacking Serbs

Attacking the Serbs is the worst thing Albanians can do in pursuing their goals, Albin Kurti says.

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Attacking the Serbs is the worst thing Albanians can do in pursuing their goals, Albin Kurti says. In its Thursday edition, the Washington Post dedicated an article to Kurti, founder of the ethnic Kosovo Albanian organization Self-Determination, whose stenciled slogan "no negotiations" is spray-painted on walls throughout the province. "No negotiations" leader advises against attacking Serbs The U.S. daily reminded that 32-year-old Kurti is under house arrest for leading a violent rally on February 10, protesting against Ahtisaari’s plan that envisioned supervised independence for the province, when two protesters died. Initially placed under house arrest, Kurti was sent to a prison for five months after he was found to have left his apartment to visit the families of those killed during the rally, the daily said. In July he was returned home and told to remain there under police guard until his trial in September. The daily writes that on the six-month anniversary of the two protesters' deaths, 14 young members of Self-Determination visited their leader. "You need to be very disciplined. We are under a lot of scrutiny now," he told them. One guest was telling Kurti about friction with Serbs in a northern village in Kosovo, saying, "The worst thing we can possibly do now is attack the Serbs," Kurti said. "It will only radicalize their enclaves and ruin our relations with them. We need to focus our energy on independence." He added that the February rally “targeted only Kosovo's local assembly and the international presence here, not the Serbs, victims of previous outbreaks of violence.”

"No negotiations" leader advises against attacking Serbs

The U.S. daily reminded that 32-year-old Kurti is under house arrest for leading a violent rally on February 10, protesting against Ahtisaari’s plan that envisioned supervised independence for the province, when two protesters died.

Initially placed under house arrest, Kurti was sent to a prison for five months after he was found to have left his apartment to visit the families of those killed during the rally, the daily said.

In July he was returned home and told to remain there under police guard until his trial in September.

The daily writes that on the six-month anniversary of the two protesters' deaths, 14 young members of Self-Determination visited their leader.

"You need to be very disciplined. We are under a lot of scrutiny now," he told them.

One guest was telling Kurti about friction with Serbs in a northern village in Kosovo, saying, "The worst thing we can possibly do now is attack the Serbs," Kurti said.

"It will only radicalize their enclaves and ruin our relations with them. We need to focus our energy on independence."

He added that the February rally “targeted only Kosovo's local assembly and the international presence here, not the Serbs, victims of previous outbreaks of violence.”

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