The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, in a recently published interview with BBC, spoke about the signing of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Peace Board initiative for Gaza, an event she attended in Davos. Osmani emphasized that Kosovo knows how peace is achieved, highlighting the importance of international cooperation.
She stated that Kosovo’s membership in the Peace Board is a historic step for the Republic of Kosovo. Osmani recalled that 26 years ago Kosovo was devastated by war and that genocide was being committed against its population.
According to her, the intervention of the United States, with the support of the United Kingdom and other democratic nations, paved the way for peace, freedom, and the country’s independence.
“Let us go back in time a bit, 26 years ago. Kosovo was a country devastated by war. Genocide was being committed against the people of Kosovo and, under the leadership of the United States, of course with the support of the United Kingdom and many democratic countries around the world, our lives were saved.
We were given a chance for peace. We were given a chance to live freely. And today, we are sovereign, we are democratic, we are independent, and most importantly, our children are the first generation in the history of our nation that has not experienced war and is enjoying peace,” she said.
According to Osmani, peace is achieved through action.
“At that time, I was a child of war, growing up under shelling, and like everyone else in my generation, our lives were at risk. But the core issue is this: what we were hearing then were resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly. They were pieces of paper, they were words, but there was no action—until the United States intervened and mobilized the world to help us,” she stressed.
She added that a strong international organization dedicated to building and achieving peace is necessary, noting that the United Nations has played a role in peacekeeping, which she said it has done successfully in Kosovo for more than a decade.