The acting Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has visited the Kosovo Institute for War Crimes on the second anniversary of its establishment. During the visit, he was closely acquainted with the work that the institution is doing in documenting war crimes against the Albanian population by the Serbian forces.
“Yesterday IKKL turned two years old and it is impressive how much commitment they have made in this institute. When they came a year ago, on the occasion of the first year of work. There is an increase in archival material. This institute is crucial for the institutionalization of collective memory and for the complete clarification of the historical truth”, said Kurti.
Kurti called the Institute “Serbia’s genocide archive”, documenting ethnic cleansing and serious violations of human rights.
“There is no doubt that the killing of children by Serbia, which accounts for more than ten percent of the killing of civilians, together with the killing of pregnant women and the killing of the elderly, are evidence of the genocide of Serbia in Kosovo, who at that time tried to have our territory, but without us as people, so they aimed for extermination. This is not the genocide that Serbia committed in Kosovo, but this is the last genocide, but this is the fourth genocide. The first genocide is in the years 1875-1880, in the peace of St. Stephen. The second one is that of the Balkan Wars in the middle of the 20th century, the third genocide is in the years 1943, 1945, but also in ’46 and ’47 and this is the war of 1998 and 1999 where the KLA was working for all the crimes committed by Serbia for 125 years as it killed civilians and innocent population with its forces”, said Kurti.
Meanwhile, the director of the institute, Atdhe Hetemi, thanked the prime minister for the visit and support for every request made to the government. He said that expansion of spaces and increase of staff is required to cope with the flow of materials that are being collected every day.
Journalist: A. Mata
