Bajrami Responds to Vučić: Dialogue Cannot Be Credible Amid Territorial Claims

Agron Bajrami, Kosovo’s chief negotiator in the dialogue with Serbia, has responded to a statement published by the European Democrats opposing Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić’s rhetoric on Kosovo.

According to the European Democrats, Vučić stated “once again that Kosovo is part of Serbia.” They said such claims undermine reconciliation efforts and threaten stability in the region.

The response also mentioned a statement made just days earlier by Serbian Minister Snezhana Paunović, who said she would have “ethnically cleansed” Kosovo in 1998. The European Democrats stressed that, although these statements have been condemned in Europe, they have not resulted in political consequences.

Bajrami shared the statement, describing it as an important signal regarding Belgrade’s approach and the rhetoric that, according to him, is obstructing the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

“Belgrade continues to deny reality, deny the truth, and recycle the language of the 1990s. There can be no credible dialogue while one side still claims the other’s territory and dreams of repeating ethnic cleansing. Kosovo will not negotiate its existence,” Bajrami wrote on X.