The former President of Croatia, Stipe Mesic, said on Saturday at the conference “Peace, Security and Development in the Western Balkans” that Kosovo is a reality and that, as such, it should be recognized.

Mesic said that distant states that do not know about Kosovo but do not recognize it, should explain the history and the fact why it should gain full recognition.

“History has shown hundreds of times that wars have no winners and peace has not lost, so I believe that all of you share with me such a message that all forces that are for peace and considering that they are provoked by what my colleague Moisiu said that there are still those who have recognized Kosovo but withdraw recognition, but those who have not recognized Kosovo, they are those countries which are distant, who do not even know what is Serbia, Croatia, Kosovo,  they love Yugoslavia, they remember TITO, they are distant countries and therefore these powerful policies impose an orientation that hurts to achieve what is real. “Kosovo is a reality and Kosovo must be recognized,” he said.

Mesic added that the issue of Europe depends on the European Union’s ability to impose peace.

“Today the issue of Europe depends on the ability of the European Union to initiate policies to impose peace together with the UN, on this also depends the stability in our region, which some analysts see as an area or space where they can be opened. conflicts from Ukraine. “I do not believe in such a development, but there is a certain risk given the geopolitical ideas of the leaders of the Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina about the future of Bosnia,” he said.