Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani accused Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić of attempting to "disrupt" the Brdo-Brioni summit held in Durrës, but added that in the end, Western Balkan leaders unanimously adopted a joint summit statement.
After the summit, Osmani told the Albanian public broadcaster that Vučić addressed the summit with "insults and arrogance."
"...of course, for every propaganda that Vučić intended to present to the participants, we as the Republic of Kosovo had our own strong arguments, arguments on the side of law and arguments that have been strengthened and supported by international law, through the opinions of the ICJ," said Osmani, referring to the decision of the International Court of Justice that ruled that Kosovo's declaration of independence in 2008 did not violate international law.
Serbia refuses to recognize Kosovo's independence and considers the state part of it.
During the summit, according to Osmani, Vučić also complained about the agreement in the field of defense that Kosovo, Albania and Croatia reached in March of this year.
"He [Vučić] received our joint reconfirmation that this marks a cooperation aimed at our defense and my response was that in the entire history of our existence as a nation we have never attacked anyone, we have never invaded anyone, but we have always protected and will continue to protect our territorial integrity. Our alliances are defensive alliances to protect us from the dangers that come to us from others. For Kosovo, the danger comes to us from Serbia so we will continue to strengthen our army," Osmani said.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić told the media that during the meeting in Durrës, there was a clash with Osmani when territorial integrity was discussed, which, according to him, everyone interprets as they wish.
"Imagine when Vjosa Osmani comes and talks about territorial integrity and the protection of territorial integrity. Your stomach turns and everyone listens and shakes their heads... So, I reminded her of her tourism days at the United Nations, I wished her more tourism in her life and that was it," Vučić said.
