Thaçi Denies Existence of Plan to Partition Macedonia and Threatens to Sue Ali Ahmeti on Arbën Xhaferi’s Behalf

Menduh Thaçi has rejected the claims made by DUI leader Ali Ahmeti.

According to Thaçi, no document proposing the partition of Macedonia ever existed. He said the idea had been promoted by several pseudo-academics who, according to him, were acting under the instructions of Serbia’s UDB.

Thaçi stressed that the proposal had not been an initiative of the Academy of Sciences and that Arben Xhaferi had not possessed any such document because, as he put it, the document did not exist. He also claimed that the UDB had suggested to Ali Ahmeti that this was the way to destroy the political organization of Albanians, while describing Ahmeti’s statements about the document’s existence as unfounded.

Thaçi’s reaction followed statements made during the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Ohrid Agreement. After former minister Vlado Bučkovski spoke about a plan to partition Macedonia, Ali Ahmeti confirmed that the partition project had been in his hands.

The DUI leader said he had received the document from senior authorities but had not accepted it. Ahmeti explained his position by saying that, under that project, he would have become part of Albania, while the Albanians of Skopje would not have joined him. He added that Skopje, Kumanovo, Struga, Kičevo, Prilep and Veles would have remained outside Albania’s borders.

Thaçi, in his capacity as leader of the DPA, warned that he would sue Ali Ahmeti in court on behalf of Arben Xhaferi if Ahmeti continued to make such statements. According to him, an allegation of this nature is unacceptable.