Ben Blushi: Difficult to shake Vucic’s hand now

He added that it is unprecedented that violence gets inspired by an entire government.

“The government is responsible for letting fans enter the field. The declarations of the Serbian authorities were really unfortunate. They haven’t understood yet that this match was not for resolving the issue between Serbia and Kosovo. The Kosovo War is over and the Serbian people and their leaders seem unable to understand that the history of Balkan cannot be changed anymore. That football field was not for discharging nationalist anger, as it happened”, Blushi declared.

TCH: Has the situation got any worse now, since we saw incidents like that of Montenegro?

Ben Blushi: “I don’t think there is anything to be alarmed about. Fortunately, the Albanian authorities have managed the situation with calm. These are tensions of the moment. On a global context, seeing what is happening in the Middle East, Syria, Iraq and Ukraine, there might be factors outside Balkan that would feed small fires”, Blushi declared.

TCH: This took place in Belgrade one week before the visit of Prime Minister Rama in Serbia. Do you think that this visit should be postponed due to these incidents?

Ben Blushi: “The Albanian government has kept its cool blood in the past days. I would like to have it like this until the situation gets back in the conditions that it should have. This is a sportive incident that took political proportions. The visit should be judged by the Prime Minister, because he has the right information. The diplomatic channels are working, the NATO allies and the European Council also influence the relations between Albania and Serbia, and they might also say their woird. But the other citizens of Albania would certainly avoid shaking the Serbian Prime Minister’s hand in these conditions. Or even Ivica Dacic’s hand, who has released xenophobic and racist declarations, by not taking any responsibility about what happened in Belgrade. Diplomacy will do its job. The Prime Minister must decide if he wants to go in Belgrade or not, but shaking Vucic’s or Dacic’s hand in these counditions would hurt many Albanians in these conditions, unfortunately”, Blushi declared.

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