PRISHTINA, September 17 /ATA/ – Retired American diplomat William Walker strongly criticized the Special Court verdict against former KLA leaders.
Walker is widely known in Kosovo for his role as the head of the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission in 1998–1999.
He described the conviction of the four former KLA leaders as a dark and unjust day for Kosovo.
“Where was the EU when Kosovars were being cruelly mistreating before the war? It took NATO, Albright, and Clark to actually stop the violence while others just issued statements. Now, KLA leaders are facing trials run by foreign judges who don’t know anything about Kosovo. Today is a dark, heavy day, and this decision is deeply upsetting,” Walker told Klan Kosova.
He warned that this decision would permanently damage Kosovo’s standing with the global community.
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