Konjufca Appeals to Specialist Chambers: Decision Must Be Based on Justice, Not Politics

Glauk Konjufca, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, has spoken about the decision that the Specialist Chambers are expected to issue on September 16 regarding the former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

Asked how Kosovo’s institutions would respond if the defendants were found guilty, Konjufca urged the Hague court to be guided by justice rather than political considerations.

According to him, if the proceedings conclude with a just ruling, the outcome is clear, as the people of Kosovo witnessed that the KLA’s war was just. He argued that a criminal war would never have secured the support of the international community.

Konjufca stressed that criminal activity could not have been supported by the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Germany and France. He added that some of NATO’s best-known generals stood alongside figures from the Kosovo Liberation Army.

He went on to say that NATO officers took part in training KLA officers, with the aim of bringing the war to a successful conclusion. According to Konjufca, this happened because Kosovo’s army contributed to stopping Milošević’s genocide, and therein lies the meaning of the KLA’s war.

He stated that all those accused in The Hague helped achieve this goal. Konjufca said this is what a decision based on justice should look like, while warning that the people would feel deeply outraged if the outcome were political rather than just.