Islami: Vučić’s approach looks different, but the aims toward Kosovo remain as in Milosevic’s time

Security analyst Avni Islami believes that the way Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić acts toward Kosovo is essentially a continuation of the strategy once implemented by Slobodan Milosevic’s regime. According to him, the observed change concerns only the form of presentation, while the content and political objectives remain unchanged.

He says that Belgrade’s foreign policy approach toward the Republic of Kosovo continues to focus on destabilization, while the political language and symbolism used by Serbian authorities serve to keep the situation tense in the region.

“Vučić’s policies differ only in external form, but not in internal substance, since his goals remain the same as Milosevic’s. Aleksandar Vučić’s foreign policy toward the Republic of Kosovo represents a direct strategic continuation of Milosevic’s regime’s destabilizing doctrine.KosovaPress from its sources learns that there are eight private houses where documents for tax nonpayment have been hidden. Thus, in the process of verifying the persons who are in eight locations,” said Islami.

According to Islami, these actions constitute a coordinated psychological operation in which religious and cultural elements, especially narratives linked to Vidovdan, are used as an instrument within a hybrid warfare strategy to preserve tensions in the Western Balkans.

However, he emphasizes that despite the discourse coming from Belgrade, the real situation on the ground has not changed.

“Kosovo is a sovereign and independent state. Kosovo’s security institutions, in full operational coordination with KFOR and NATO, have the necessary intelligence, prevention, and response capabilities to guarantee territorial integrity and neutralize any asymmetric or conventional threat,” Islami stressed.