Serbia is interfering in the February 9 parliamentary elections in Kosovo through hybrid warfare.
This was stated at the roundtable of the Institute for Hybrid Warfare Studies “OCTOPUS”, where foreign interference in elections and its impact on national security and democracy was discussed.
The Director of the “OCTOPUS” Institute, Arben Fetoshi, said that Serbia’s hybrid warfare against Kosovo includes combined activities that undermine the democratic order.
He stressed that the Serbian List is a legally disguised umbrella for the destabilization of Kosovo.
“Serbia has hid in the authoritarian Russian and Chinese world to continue its expansionist policy. Its hybrid war against Kosovo, which can be defined as political, economic and security interference, includes combined activities that undermine the democratic order and its international consolidation. It has always considered the influence on the electoral processes, whether local or parliamentary, as a good opportunity for sabotage…Such tendencies and the same approach of interference from Serbia are also being observed in the parliamentary elections of February 9. Vucic’s party has called for only the Serbian List to be voted for. Its government has mobilized to support it by all means, using financial methods as well. Serbia’s commitment to providing it with the 10 guaranteed seats in the Kosovo Assembly is not only about the goal of control but also about the message of absolute support for Belgrade’s reliable mechanism for Kosovo Serbs. Meanwhile, the terrorist attack in Banjska Zvecan, that was led by the deputy president Milan Radoicic, who confirmed this fact himself, shows that the Serbian List is not simply a political entity, but is a legally disguised umbrella for hybrid activities to destabilize Kosovo,” said Fetoshi.
