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Karanovic: The agenda of the "Western Balkan Four" is directed against Serbia - Kosovo Online 4–5 minutes _____ “The initiative of the association of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, and so-called Kosovo's inclusion in the "Western Balkan Four" has a distinctly anti-Serbian agenda, undermining the foundations of the "Open Balkan" and is another step in the direction of rounding off the Albanian political issue in the region, i.e. the realization of the project of creating a "Greater Albania",” Ognjen Karanovic, president of the Center for Social Stability, said for Kosovo Online. The very name of the summit organized in Skopje, which was hosted by the head of diplomacy of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani - "Western Balkan QUAD - 100 percent alignment with EU Common Foreign Security Policy" - according to Karanovic, shows that this initiative is directed against Serbia. "The anti-Serb narrative of that summit can also be seen in the title of the summit, where it is clearly indicated that Serbia had not harmonized its foreign and security policy with Brussels, although our country does not have that obligation, because it is not a member of the EU and will eventually have that obligation before only accession to the Union, in accordance with the process of accession negotiations," Karanovic says. The initiative of the association of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, and so-called Kosovo our interlocutor does not see as "their solo action", but as something that arose from the German foreign policy agenda. "Berlin strongly opposes the 'Open Balkan'. Here I see an attempt by German foreign policy, which is projected onto European institutions, to find a certain model of association of Western Balkan states that are very ethnically specific, and this specificity is also manifested through the profile of the participants at the summit. It is their attempt to create a counter-organization to the 'Open Balkan', which received the support of the US, and which is a wise initiative of President Aleksandar Vucic. Therefore, it is also directed against Vucic. Here we see an attempt to undermine the foundations on which the Open Balkan initiative was created," Karanovic says. He adds that this is an obvious attempt by Germany, which, as he says, in the case of Ukraine, was clearly deceived and somehow suppressed its own interests in the background of the foreign policy agenda and geopolitical interests of the US, to preserve the foundations of its policy in the southeast of Europe, which has been in many ways for the past 30 contributed to the existing inter-ethnic and inter-state relations in the Balkans. "On the other hand, it is also symptomatic that out of the four participants in the initiative in Skopje, three are Albanians. No one has anything against the Albanian nation and the Albanian national identity, and they are citizens of those three countries and the southern Serbian province. Interestingly, the summit was not raised to a higher level, the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was not there, nor were the heads of the executive power from these countries. That is why the initiative can also be seen in the context of the fact that German foreign policy nevertheless approaches everything cautiously because it is aware that the 'Open Balkan' have the support of the US," Karanovic says. Let us remind you that in addition to Osmani, the agreement on the association in Skopje was reached by the head of diplomacy of Albania, Olta Xhacka, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Pristina institutions, Kreshnik Ahmeti, and the Foreign Policy adviser of the Government of Montenegro in the technical mandate, Djordje Radulovic. "Of course, the extreme parts of Albanian politics in Montenegro, North Macedonia, the southern Serbian province, and partially, that is, perhaps at least in Albania, will try to present this initiative as a foundation for the construction of some kind of wider Albanian political community. They do not have the support of the US for such an initiative, they certainly do not have open American support. But I do not doubt that behind the summit in Skopje, there is also the desire to create a 'Greater Albania.' And the fact that the key positions in the executive power in these countries were given to Albanians, says something about the comprehensiveness of Albanian politics in the Balkans," Karanovic says. -- http:www.antic.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/037801d963a9%24639d8230%242ad88690%24%40gmail.com.
