Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti has stated that he believes in the justice of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and of its former leaders who are being held in The Hague.
He made the remarks while commenting on the latest decision of the Specialist Chambers to extend the deadline for issuing the verdict in the case involving the four former KLA leaders.
He added that the Kosovo Liberation Army’s war was just and said he believes in the innocence of its leaders who are being tried in The Hague.
“The war of the Kosovo Liberation Army was, and will always be remembered and taught in history by countless generations as a just war against an occupier, an enemy that had a genocidal project against our people. At the same time, it was an anti-colonial war, because we did not only face this latest genocide from Serbia—this was the fourth genocide Serbia has committed in less than a century and a half against our people. Therefore, the KLA, as the bearer of the liberation war of the people of Kosovo, supported by the entire Albanian nation not only in the Balkans but also in the diaspora, is a war that must always be remembered, defended, and learned from. At the same time, it is necessary to draw lessons from the political mistakes that were made, which brought us to this situation where instead of normal courts, we have a Special Court that is now also delaying its decisions. We believe in the justice of the KLA and in the innocence of its leaders, who continue to be held unjustly in prison in The Hague,” Kurti said.On May 5, the trial panel in the case against Thaci, Veseli, Selimi, and Krasniqi issued an order extending the deadline for the judgment by 60 days, until July 20, 2026.
