Clinton gets statue in downtown Priština

Kosovo Albanians plan to honor their "savior" Bill Clinton by erecting his statue in Priština.

Izvor: Reuters

Wednesday, 23.05.2007.

19:00

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Clinton gets statue in downtown Priština

"He is our savior. He saved us from extermination," sculptor Izeir Mustafa told Reuters. "I was thrilled by the work because I know what he did for us."

Clinton, as leader of the NATO alliance, is seen as the man who in 1999 decided to bomb Serbia to force the late strongman Slobodan Milošević to withdraw his forces from Kosovo, effectively handing victory to the Kosovo Liberation Army.

Priština already has a road named after him, graced by a 12-metre tall mural of the former president.

Priština municipal authorities say they expect to erect the statue somewhere along Clinton Boulevard later this summer.

Mustafa has several more days to work before he bronzes the sculpture of Clinton, after which he will turn his attention to another soon-to-be former Western leader. .

"I definitely will do a statue of (British Prime Minister) Tony Blair," he said. "He saved us as well".

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