Opposition lawmakers in Kosovo released tear gas into the parliament chamber on October 8 to protest the government’s recent deal with Serbia.
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But Albin Kurti, leader of the opposition Self-Determination Party, triggered a device described as a gas canister and then started kicking it around the chamber to spread the smoke.
Four ambulances were usually identified out your parliament featuring medical to influenced by the fall, during which grab gasoline distribute from two different tiny bins placed due to protesters nearby the congress stage.
The opposition in Kosovo was attempting to block parliamentary proceedings because it does not agree with the agreement that the government of Kosovo has signed with that of Serbia in Brussels on the creation of the Association of Serb Communes. “We will not let this happen”.
In a deal brokered by the European Union in August, Kosovo agreed to give more financial and legislative rights to its minority Serb community via an Association of Serb Municipalities.
The group who took part in the protest were later deplored by the government while Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga denounced the “nasty actions of the opposition’s lawmakers”. Kosovo has a predominantly ethnic Albanian population.
Serbia is fiercely opposing Kosovo-Metohija’s UNESCO membership and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic stated on Saturday that the proposition concerning Kosovo’s UNESCO membership is equally absurd as would be a suggestion for the Islamic State to be admitted into UNESCO. The government in Belgrade rejected the move and still considers Kosovo as a southern province of Serbia.
The issue is particularly contentious because Serbia continues to refuse to recognise Kosovo since it declared independence in 2008.
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Speaking at a joint news conference after meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, Hammond said that the United Kingdom and Serbia “have a deep and historical relationship which goes back many, many years” and that they “are determined to strengthen that relationship for the future”. Ethnic tensions led to the 1998-1999 Kosovo War which saw North Atlantic Treaty Organisation launch a bombing campaign against the Slobodan Milošević’s Serbia.
