Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti said tonight in Sarajevo that by strengthening Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Kosovo, Serbia is being helped not to repeat crimes.
Addressing the session of the Association of Independent Intellectuals "Circle 99" in the Sarajevo City Hall, Kurti said that the government in Serbia denies the crimes committed in BiH and Kosovo.
"Serbs deny their criminal past, because they prove that they would do it again if they had the opportunity," he said.
Kurti said that he came to Bosnia and Herzegovina as a "friend and partner", assessing that the relationship between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo is based "on people and values".
"Sarajevo is less than six hours away from Pristina, but in order to come, I and my delegation had to go through the barrier of visa restrictions," he said.
He added that he "brings to Sarajevo the greetings of the citizens of Kosovo, who see Bosnia as a friend", stressing that Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina share a history and have a common, European future.
"Bosnia and Kosovo are connected through a painful and tragic past. In many ways, Kosovo owes Bosnia. In Bosnia, the NATO intervention took place after the fourth year of the war, and in Kosovo after the second year of the war," said Kurti.
He also said that "instead of being angry, the regime in Belgrade should be ashamed", and then he quoted the main American mediator for achieving peace in BiH, Richard Holbrooke, that he regretted that he "agreed to let the Bosnian Serbs keep the name of the entity Republika Srpska". , as well as that (Bosniak war leader Alija) Izetbegović "was right when he said it was a Nazi name".
Today in Sarajevo, Kurti met with the members of the BiH Presidency Željko Komšić and Denis Bećirović, the Prime Minister of the Federation of BiH Nermin Nikšić and the leader of the Democratic Action Party (SDA) Bakir Izetbegović.
Kurti's visit to Sarajevo, which was initially announced as a private one, caused sharp criticism from the RS, stating that a "coordinated and institutional response" would follow from that entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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