Security Science Professor Avni Islami has estimated that meeting representatives of the Student List, Dejan Shoskiq and Miodrag Krmar, with Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandar Bocan-Kharchenko, testifies to the political orientation of this list towards continuing close co-operation with the Russian Federation.

According to Islami, Russian support for Serbia’s Kosovo policy has been confirmed during the meeting, while representatives of the Student List have pledged that Serbia, even under their rule, will not join international sanctions against Russia.

He has stressed that, from the aspect of Kosovo’s security, concern is the fact that the Student List confirms the continuation of Belgrade’s policy against Kosovo’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

According to him, this relationship creates space for further Russian-Serbian co-ordination on international platforms, aimed at opposing Kosovo’s state subjectivity and preventing consolidation of its international position.

Islam estimates that the Student List does not present a change in Serbia’s current political orientation in relation to Kosovo, but the continuation of controversial positions on its citizenship and support in the alliance with Russia.

He has said that this orientation remains a factor of importance for assessing the security environment in Kosovo and developments in the Western Balkans.

Source Layer: RTKLive