Institutional leaders of Kosovo with a joint statement in support of Ukraine
Institutional leaders of Kosovo with a joint statement in support of Ukraine
Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani, Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Parliament Speaker Glauk Konjufca have issued a joint statement in support of Ukraine after Russia’s aggression, expressing unreserved solidarity and support for Ukraine and its people, reports Gazeta Express.
The statement states that the Republic of Kosovo strongly condemns Russia’s military aggression and occupation of Ukraine, which openly reveals Russia’s intention to undermine Ukraine’s right to exist as a free, independent and democratic state. Kosovo also condemns the illegal recognition of the “independence” of the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk by the Russian Federation.
It further writes that Moscow’s strategy to create phantom entities within the territory of Ukraine using military aggression and large-scale and unprovoked attacks on Ukrainian towns and villages is one of the most dangerous blows to the international security architecture. built after. World War Two.
According to the statement of the institutional leaders of Kosovo, the tendency of Russian President Vladimir Putin to refer to the issue of Kosovo and to draw parallels with the situation in Ukraine “is completely unsubstantiated, abusive and an attempt to camouflage the lack of any basis and justification for the barbarian attack of his forces. against a sovereign state”.
“The Republic of Kosovo has repeatedly faced attempts by the Russian Federation to undermine its sovereignty and progress, either by blocking membership in international organizations, arming Serbia, and building camouflaged military bases in Serbia, near the border with Kosovo, or by orchestrated special and hybrid war through propaganda and other forms that Moscow has continuously undertaken against the Republic of Kosovo”, the statement says.
Kosovo’s institutional leaders said that Kosovo will closely coordinate its actions with the freedom-loving states of the region and strategic Euro-Atlantic allies, especially the US and the EU, to strongly oppose Russian aggression on Ukraine. “Russia’s destabilizing tendencies towards the Western Balkan region are already clear and we will oppose them together with our allies”, the press release states. /Express newspaper/