Before the start of the European Political Community Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Osmani called on the European Union not to “reward Belgrade.”
She further stated that in the Western Balkans there is never a vacuum of influence.
Therefore, she said, “it's very important that enlargement is pushed forward and the Western Balkans, those countries of the Westerns that meet the criteria and that also work towards the values that the EU stands for, should be taken into account in moving forward.”
She also recalled that a few days ago Kosovo marked the second anniversary of the armed attack in Banjska, when a group of armed Serbs attacked the Kosovo Police, killing a sergeant.According to her, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has been trying to copy Putin by “using aggression and destabilization tactics against neighbors, and for that reason, it is very, very important, that EU member states understand that rewarding Serbia for standing with Russia is not the way forward. Countries who are at a 100 percent alignment with the EU must be rewarded, not those who have chosen Moscow as their path,” she said.
Serbia maintains good relations with Russia and so far has refused to join the international community in sanctioning Moscow over its war against Ukraine. The EU has repeatedly called on Belgrade – which aims to join the European bloc – to align with Brussels’ foreign policy.
