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Roland-Garros: "Djokovic is the symbol of the Serbs who can no longer stand the vexations in the North Kosovo region"

2023-06-01T21:01:29.686Z

Highlights: Novak Djokovic was not sanctioned by the tennis authorities after his controversial exit at Roland-Garros on Monday. He wrote on the camera lens "Kosovo is the heart of Serbia! Stop the violence" A message of peace but also a message of support for the Serbs in a region that declared its independence in 2008, never recognized by Serbia, nor by the UN but by several countries, including France. Part of the Serb minority does not want to submit to the central power dominated by the Albanian majority.


Alexis Troude, geopolitician and specialist of the Balkans, returns to the earthquake caused by Novak Djokovic's support for the Serbs of Kosovo and his unwavering attachment to this region.


Novak Djokovic was not sanctioned by the tennis authorities after his controversial exit Monday at Roland-Garros when he wrote on the camera lens "Kosovo is the heart of Serbia! Stop the violence." A message of peace but also a message of support for the Serbs in a region that declared its independence in 2008, never recognized by Serbia, nor by the UN but by several countries, including France.

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The situation in northern Kosovo, on the border with Serbia, has continued to deteriorate for several months. Part of the Serb minority does not want to submit to the central power dominated by the Albanian majority. In the last municipal elections, the Serb community refused to go to the polls but with less than 5% turnout, the election of Albanian candidates was validated. An election whose legitimacy was challenged by pro-Serb demonstrators who clashed with the local police but also with the coalition forces of which NATO is a part...

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Source: lefigaro

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