Kosovo’s ex-Ambassador to UK reacts to The Financial Times for supporting land swap proposal

Muhamet Hamiti, Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Pristina and former Kosovo’s ambassador to the UK (2008-12) has reacted to an opinion published by the Financial Times, supporting the land swap idea between Kosovo and Serbia. Hamiti in his article which was published in Financial Times website says that President Thaci has single-handedly pursued this idea over popular discontent and the strong opposition by the government and the parliament of Kosovo.

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