Nufi Condemns Serbian Minister’s Statement on the “Ethnic Cleansing of Kosovo”: Scandalous and Unacceptable

Albania’s Minister of Defense, Ermal Nufi, described as scandalous and intolerable the position of Serbian minister Snezhana Paunović, who stated that, had she been in Milošević’s place, she would have carried out ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.

During today’s press conference, Nufi stressed that there was no need for further comment on the nature of the statement, other than to define it as scandalous and unacceptable. He recalled that both the prime minister and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had responded to the matter.

Nufi said that, in his capacity as minister of defense, he fully supports the prime minister’s position. According to him, the reactions seen within Serbia also demonstrate that reasonable people there represent the European approach that the Albanian side wants to see from Serbia.

He emphasized that rhetoric of this nature must be condemned and cannot be accepted, adding that both support for and silence in the face of such a statement are equally deadly, A2 reports.