Kosovo and the United States of America

Enver Hasani: Albin Kurti is convinced of anti-Americanism

Former President of the Constitutional Court, Enver Hasani, during an interview on the Oath for Justice show, said of Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti that "he has anti-Americanism convictions."

On the show "The United States of America and Kosovo," Hasani said Kurti is an anti-imperialist of the extreme left.

"Regarding the psychological and ideological profile, I mean Albin Kurti, I have followed him for a while, I have had close conversations, I would say for several years, and I have read him, I have followed him, and Mr. Kurti is an anti-imperialist of the extreme left with an anti-Americanism above all, he is convinced," says Hasani.

"It means that he and a certain circle of people I know - the literature they read, the discourse they have developed and are developing - will be heard... that anti-imperialism has all kinds of ideological currents, such as the Seattle spirit," says Hasani.

According to Hasani, Kurti has hidden his beliefs in order to preserve his votes.

"But this belongs to the extreme left current that changes because it is a belief and he continues to hide this and has hidden it since he came to power, knowing the general sentiment of the people of Kosovo in order to preserve the vote. Politically this is extremely legitimate and as far as it goes - it goes, it continues and at some point you realize that even ideology has its limits," concluded Hasani.

On September 12, the US Embassy in Kosovo announced the suspension of the strategic dialogue with Kosovo due to the actions of Prime Minister Albin Kurti.

Enver Hasani shows the differences between Ibrahim Rugova and Albin Kurti

Former President of the Constitutional Court, Enver Hasani, during an interview for Oath for Justice spoke about the differences between former President Ibrahim Rugova and the acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti.

"The difference is like night and day, meaning diametrically opposed," Hasani described.

Hasani said of Rugova that he was an intellectual.

"Rugova was an intellectual, which means comparable, an extraordinary man, which means incomparable. If you read his works, I wrote for a publication that has now been published by the Ibrahim Rugova Foundation for the political representation of his concept in the work of "Aesthetic Rejection", initially as a writing and then as a book; it is the doctrine of the Abbot and the liberal-rational doctrinaires, I would say of the French Revolution, which was later called the Copet Group and its journey, its specialization in France, which is manifested in every one of his literary works, has made it a very small group in Pristina that stands out from all those who have cultivated it"

As for Kurti, Hasani said that he has limited training in social sciences.

"While Kurti is clearly seen to have a limited education in the social sciences. Very limited. Even that discourse, that knowledge that can be seen by us in terms of, generally speaking, normality is more of what I often call Wikipedia knowledge. It is not systemic. It is knowledge that is done more to impress others than it is deep knowledge. I am including it there because I am talking about art history and Renaissance history, which means that they are sciences that are very, very shallow knowledge," concluded Hasani.

On September 12, the US Embassy in Kosovo announced the suspension of the strategic dialogue with Kosovo due to the actions of Prime Minister Albin Kurti.

Enver Hasani explains why Hashim Thaçi left Rambouillet in protest

Pregnant women, men, children and the elderly were being massacred. But, with the mediation of the United States of America, the famous Rambouillet conference was organized to end the war in Kosovo.

The Albanian delegation was divided over the proposed agreement on the table that included broad autonomy for Kosovo, but not independence.

Against this agreement was the political director of the KLA at the time, Hashim Thaçi, who left the Rambouillet castle in protest and made Western diplomats understand that without the KLA at the table, the agreement had no legitimacy.

Former President of the Constitutional Court, Enver Hasani, explained why Thaçi left the Rambouillet Castle.

"Mr. Thaci left because he was not himself. That is to say, that job was simple. Commander, you see the testimonies in The Hague that the actors were, but in reality, that's how it was. Because I saw that he didn't dare because he had an apology from Mr. Demaci and others that he shouldn't accept anything outside of independence and that's the reason he went there to find a consensus. And that was the reason why, in principle, he went to Paris to hold a consultation with the commanders of the zones,"

At this critical moment in Kosovo's history, US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright worked closely with Hashim Thaçi.

In parallel, the Serbian side was also rejecting the proposal for an agreement that envisaged autonomy for Kosovo.

In coordination with Secretary Albright, Hashim Thaçi managed to obtain the American promise that in this situation, signing the agreement meant NATO intervention and indirectly promised him Kosovo's independence.

"Yes, without any doubt. She mentioned your dreams - you should not abandon them. That was a diplomatic message. So something in Rambouillet seems to me to be seeing Mrs. Albright," concluded Hasani.

Arbër Vllahiu: The US is not looking for a vassal in Kosovo, but a reliable partner

Former Kosovo Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Arbër Vllahiu, during an interview for Oath for Justice, spoke about the relationship between Kosovo and the United States of America.

Vllahiu said that the US does not ask Kosovo to be its own vassal, but rather a partnership at certain moments.

According to Vllahiu, the US is not just a facade, but also a contributor to Kosovo's justice system.

"I believe that the US was not there to tell us that we are just your facade, the US was not with Kosovo in just one area, they were in every part. You are here in the Oath for Justice, you know better than me in the legal - constitutional, legal aspect in general, that the US helped the judicial system in Kosovo and the construction of the justice system, the US helped and the constitution of Kosovo was written by American experts... and the entire structure of Kosovo is under the US's support. Small nations cannot have the luxury of building partnerships at certain moments. The US did not ask us for vassals, the US asked us for partnership, but a reliable and predictable partner, not a partner where they can turn their backs at certain moments like they have a shroud. Either you are a reliable partner, or you are an unreliable partner," said Vllahiu.

On September 12, the US Embassy in Kosovo announced the suspension of the strategic dialogue with Kosovo due to the actions of Prime Minister Albin Kurti.

Miftaraj: Political exponents in Kosovo attacked independent institutions, civil society and the market economy

The Director of the Kosovo Institute for Justice (IKD), Ehat Miftaraj, during an interview for "Oath for Justice" said that political exponents are attacking civil society and the media.

Through a parallel, Miftaraj took the example of West Germany after World War II, which was successfully built by maintaining three principles: independent institutions, civil society, and a market economy.

"We can say that after the end of the war, civil society and the media have played a proactive role, demanding from each government, both before and after independence, to build a society that is free from corruption, a government based on the rule of law. Unfortunately, in the last five years, the media and civil society have been the target of attacks by political exponents, due to their wrong policies, their failures. They try to find the culprit in other parties, in civil society, the media. In this regard, if we take other examples in the world after the Second World War, countries that have gone through the same phases... but also in exporting democratic values, we can take West Germany as an example, based on analyses... it is an example of good government, it is based mainly on three main principles, the first principle: independent institutions that have maintained their independence from political parties, the second principle: civil society activism, the third principle: a market economy where Germany, as we know, is the leader in this part of Europe," he said. Miftaraj expressed.

According to Miftaraj, these three areas have been attacked by political exponents in Kosovo.

"Unfortunately, in the last five years, politics has invested in these three areas that in a democratic society can be crucial to ensuring good governance under the rule of law. If we remember the political attacks on independent institutions, including the constitutional court, regular courts, the prosecutor's office... we see that in this area Kosovo has made extraordinary regression. Attacks on civil society, the media, through active participation, have made efforts to preserve values ​​and principles... such as the Stabilization and Association Agreement," said Miftaraj.

On September 12, the US Embassy in Kosovo announced the suspension of the strategic dialogue with Kosovo due to the actions of Prime Minister Albin Kurti.

How did Kosovo, without a state, manage to get the support of Senator Bob Dole during the 90s?

The Kosovo leadership of the 90s, without an embassy in Washington, while facing the oppression of the Milosevic regime, had managed to bring one of the most important political figures in America to Pristina in advance.

Senator Robert Joseph Dole, known as Bob Dole, visited Kosovo to see firsthand the suffering of Albanians under Yugoslavia.

Popular protests outside the Grand Hotel were heard amidst the Kosovar leadership's discussions with US Senator Bob Dole.

Former President of the Constitutional Court, Enver Hasani, had called Senator Dole "Angel Gabriel" for Kosovo Albanians.

"I called him 'Angel Gabriel' because his visit conveyed a message and his tones conveyed a message. He conveyed a message to Serbia and the people of Kosovo and the very serious leadership of Kosovo at that time received a message. You have seen it if you go online, there are recordings; he says do you agree with what Rugova handed him, sorry about the second one. He presented his position on behalf of all the intellectuals, the political-social-intellectual forces of Kosovo. At that time, Yugoslavia was still unbroken and he gave a position and told everyone that it was consistent with what the name of that communist who was the governor of Kosovo—Trajkovic—says. Milosevic had decided to welcome Trajkovic and told him that democracy would come to Kosovo whether he wanted it or not. He said cynically, 'we are for democracy too. We have heard them 'for the rule of law' and that means here "The violence was at its peak. That message was this: that Kosovo must articulate what is consistent with... that was later published by, for example, Warren Zimmermann or James PardeW, or Holbrooke, or Madeleine Albright or all of them, or Dioguard," said Hasani.

While the meeting was taking place at the Grand Hotel, outside the Serbian police took action to repel the crowd.

Among the protesters was Faik Rexhepi, who, unlike the others, did not take sides, enabling the creation of an epic photograph to be forever etched in a work of art as history for the younger generations.

Senator Dole went outside to see with his own eyes these scenes of violence that the Milosevic regime was committing.

Bob Dole, at the time one of the biggest figures in the Republican Party, ran in the 1996 presidential election against William Jefferson Clinton, also one of Kosovo's greatest friends, known as Bill Clinton.

But how did Kosovo, without officially recognized institutions, manage to receive support from two presidential candidates in America?

While today, with an embassy in Washington, Kosovo is under sanctions and penalized by America by suspending the strategic dialogue, as a result of the actions of the Kurti Government.

On September 12, the US Embassy in Kosovo announced the suspension of the strategic dialogue with Kosovo due to the actions of Prime Minister Albin Kurti.