Kurti: No former Kosovo PM maintained dialogue with Serbia as much as I do

"The EU must be protected and we want to contribute to that," Kurti said in an interview, Klankosova.tv reports.
Speaking about the establishment of the Community of Serb municipalities, Kurti said that although Serbs make up only four percent of Kosovo's population, their language is the official language throughout Kosovo and at all levels of government.

He also said that the Serbs have ten secured seats in the parliament and that they use the opportunities they have.

"Instead, they want a Community of Municipalities with executive power. This authority should then be removed from the municipalities or the national government. This is not possible according to the Constitution. And they also want that Community to have a president. I want to help the municipalities, but not by forming a new Republika Srpska", Kurti said, referring to the Serb-majority entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He added that he is speaking Serbian "more than all his predecessors combined".

"Municipalities with a Serb majority receive 62 percent more of the budget per inhabitant than others. I don't know what else to do. There is no prime minister who talks and consults with Serbs like I do. But the vast majority of these meetings take place in secret, at their request. Because otherwise, Belgrade would immediately attack them. I am sorry and apologize for not being able to protect all Kosovo Serbs from harassment from Belgrade," Kurti said.

Speaking about the problems the country is facing on its way to EU membership, Kurti noted the case of the attack last September in Banjska. He reiterated his claim that Serbia was behind that attack.