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The Albanian and Russian ambassador clash at the UN over Kosovo

The Albanian and Russian ambassador clash at the UN over Kosovo
The issue of Kosovo has caused clashes between the Albanian ambassador, Ferit Hoxha, and the Russian one at the UN.

During his speech, Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya paralleled Russia's war in Ukraine and the recent war in Kosovo and accused the West of double standards.

"By denying the people of Donbas in the liberated territories of Ukraine the right to self-determination, the Western delegations are demonstrating their scandalous double standards. The most vocal critics of the referendum in Donbas, Zaporozhye and the Hurston obelisks were, once at the forefront of support for Kosovo's independence, then declared that the territory had the right to leave the Serbian state if there was a real threat to the rights of Kosovo Albanians. would be seriously affected by the so-called corrective continuity, and that this was not just a statement, but the official legal position presented by Western states to the UN International Court of Justice in 2008.

At that time, the Albanians of Kosovo, however, were not threatened by anything at all, because Yugoslavia was no longer on the map, NATO bombed Serbia, there were foreign troops as peacekeepers in it. I want to underline differently from the situation in Crimea, LPR and DPR... and the people of Zaporozhye, in Kosovo there was absolutely no referendum, no free votes of the people there, it was only a declaration of independence, approved by the provisional self-governing authorities that exceeded their competences. At that time, this was enough for the West to recognize Kosovo's independence and confirmed that international law did not prevent it from declaring its independence" , said the Russian ambassador.

The reaction of the Albanian ambassador was immediate. The ambassador, Ferit Hoxha, said that this statement of the Russian delegation about Kosovo is incorrect and wrong. He stated that Kosovo and Serbia meet and dialogue, and that they do not fight.

"The Russian delegation again drew a parallel with the Republic of Kosovo, an independent country that has been recognized by half of the United Nations including half of this council, so this is wrong, incorrect and unfortunate.... Nothing can be more artificial and forced than the comparison of international efforts to end the conflict, to protect civilians and to establish a peace process, to find a lasting solution as was the case of Kosovo, with aggression clean and unprovoked and the referendum that is now being held in Ukraine.

No one is, no one can be fooled by this, no one tries to compare the incommensurable, no short cut from the historical and political context will help Russia divert attention from its war in Ukraine, or raise its bridge of international law, which has made it an international parallel. Kosovo and Serbia are forced to dialogue to solve their problems, they meet, not fight"