TIRANA – Albania is not and cannot be part of any scenario aimed at destabilising Montenegro or any other country, said Albanian Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs on Friday.
He was responding to a statement by Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, who said that the country’s authorities had “serous national security information” indicating that the planned closure of chapters in the accession negotiations with the EU would be accompanied by coordinated hybrid activities involving at least two countries from the region.
In his post on X, Spajić did not specify which two countries he was referring to. However, Montenegrin media reported that the two countries in question were Albania and Serbia.
“Although there is no officially formulated accusation against Albania, I want to state clearly and firmly that Albania is not, nor can it be, part of any destabilisation scenario – neither in Montenegro, a neighbouring and friendly country, a friend, partner and NATO ally with which we share the same goal of EU membership, nor anywhere else”, Hoxha stated on X.
He said that Albania works every day to promote cooperation, understanding, stability and development in the region, as well as broader European and Euro-Atlantic cooperation.
Hoxha added that neither media interpretations nor domestic political debates could create artificial problems between the two countres.
Vučić: I do think Spajić was referring to Serbia, but to Croatia
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić responded to a journalist’s question regarding Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajić’s statement about two countries allegedly involved in hybrid interference, which has been interpreted as referring to Serbia and Albania.
“He did not name any country. I am certain that he was referring to Croatia, but I do not know which other country he meant. I am only interested in us becoming economically stronger and widening the gap. I am also interested in the Serbian people having the right to their language and flag, and nothing else concerns me,” Vučić said.
“I believe and think that he was not referring to his Serbia. I am 100% certain he meant Croatia. They have conditions (for Montenegro), while we do not. We only ask that Serbian, which is spoken by the majority and which he himself speaks, be recognised as an official language. We ask for nothing else. We do not impose any conditions. It must be Croatia, certainly as one of the countries, while I do not know which the other one is.”
“He will say that he meant Serbia, but he will not say which the other country is. I know them inside out,” Vučić said.
