The former American diplomat, Christopher Hill, has finished his testimony in the Special Court, where he stated that he had the impression of Hashim Thaçi that he was a reliable person as an interlocutor, but he was not a decision maker.
According to Hill, Thaçi was trusted to present the KLA’s arguments, but was not entrusted with decision-making.
“Decision-making was not left to him. This is my version.” Hill said.
The former American diplomat said that he does not know if Thaçi was one of the founders of the KLA.
“This impression made sense when he said that he could not agree with what was done in Rambuje and that he told us that if we agreed without consultation, when he returned they would kill him,” he said.
Hill also spoke in The Hague about the communiques that are claimed to have been issued by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), he said that he does not know by whom they were issued and for what reasons.
“These were very vague for us because we did not know who was issuing these communications. Were there security issues that were raised or was there really no structure that we could believe. Therefore, we could not use these communiques as a basis to define a vertical organizational structure of the KLA“, said witness Christopher Hill.
Former American diplomat Christopher Hill, on the third day of testimony at the Special Court, in his answers to the jury said that there were many people who spoke on behalf of the KLA.
“According to me and in my capacity as a special delegate, it was clear to me and others had made it clear to me that we did not know who was talking about the KLA. For example, Mr. Demaçi talked about the role he had in the KLA, but nobody confirmed it to me. There were many people who presented themselves as speaking on behalf of the KLA. Our problem was that we didn’t have a confirmed point of contact to communicate with for the future,” he said.
He added that the issue of Kosovo’s independence was more than a slogan. Hill said that Albanians loved the Republic of Kosovo like other states that had broken away from Yugoslavia.
“People expressed and said that I support that Kosovo will be in the Republic. So, like all other republics separated from Yugoslavia. So, when they said republic, they compared it to other states that had separated from Yugoslavia“, he said.
