Kosovo Serbs "Won't Join Thaci’s Government"

She told B92 that Thaci, whose Democratic Party of Kosovo won the most votes in the December 12 elections in Kosovo, had contacted her several times but that she had refused the offer.

When asked what the Kosovo PM offered specifically, Trajkovic said she did not know because she did not want to give him immunity for everything he had done.

“Thaci is looking for a way to get his immunity and that's why he wants Serbs to be in the government. He contacted me several times regarding this, the last time last night. He needs immunity through an official position but I am sure that there is not a single Serb who will sit in that government,“ she stressed.

Trajkovic believes that more and more Albanians feel animosity toward the past and Thaci.

“They cannot manifest it publicly. I believe that representatives of the Albanian parties would like Thaci to leave, they're just not saying it publicly,“ she added, and pointed out that the Albanian parties would concentrate more on the issue of election irregularities than on the allegations of crimes put forward by Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty.

Commenting on Marty's report, which was released on Tuesday and alleges that top Kosovo officials participated in organised crime activities including organ trafficking, she said that Marty, as a representative of Switzerland, was very familiar with Thaci's file since the Kosovo PM lived there previously.

“Dick Marty has documents which are not from his individual investigation, but as he himself said, from the investigations of the FBI and certainly from KFOR command,“ Trajkovic stressed.

Thaci has strenuously denied the allegations in Marty's report.

She claimed that 50 Serbs, Roma and other non-Albanians were killed every week in Kosovo in 1999 and that it was known even back then that there were kidnappings, killings and organ trade.

Quoting various KFOR sources, she explained that mass graves of Serbs were located in northern Albania and that both UNMIK and EULEX “were only quiet observers“ of the crimes.

“They came with propaganda about the horrible crimes against the Albanians that were completely unacceptable but then the problems of the Serbs did not interest them. The only thing we could get is an escort for trips outside Kosovo, as if the only goal was for us to leave,“ Trajkovic said.

Speaking about the elections in Kosovo which were held on December 12, she expressed hope that the polls would be rerun in Strpce and Gracanica, where there have been complaints about irregularities.