Pristina. File photoUN, 21 Apr. The prospect of an ethnically «cleansed» Kosovo only for Albanians is unacceptable for Russia, Russian Deputy Ambassador to the UN Anna Evstigneeva said at a UN Security Council meeting. According to her, Kosovo Serbs continue to be in a disadvantaged position . «A good example is the doubling of the number of attacks on them and their property in 2021 compared to 2020. A sharp jump is observed this year: from January to March, there have already been 35 incidents. Let me remind you that since 1999, Serbs in southern There are practically no regions of Kosovo left,” Evstigneeva said. As the diplomat pointed out, efforts to finally squeeze them out of the region are systematically continuing, there is a desire to erase their cultural and religious identity. “Orthodox churches and monasteries, including those included in the list, are constantly under threat. world cultural heritage of UNESCO. One of them, the monastery of Vysoki Dečani, has not been able to return the adjacent land since 2016, despite the decision of the so-called constitutional court of Kosovo in its favor,» Evstigneeva said. other non-Albanians. As Evstigneeva pointed out, things are moving towards the expulsion of all national minorities from the province. «The numbers of non-Albanians returning to Kosovo are negligible. I would ask colleagues in the Security Council to consider whether they want to be accomplices in the creation of an ethnically cleansed Kosovo «only for Albanians.» For Russia, such a prospect is categorically unacceptable,» she concluded.
