Grenell: Vucic's management of crisis created by Kurti helped SNS win

WASHINGTON - Former US presidential envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Richard Grenell said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's good management of a crisis generated by Pristina's extremist leader Albin Kurti had helped the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) win Sunday's elections in Serbia.

"I’m hearing a lot of evidence claiming that Independents and retirees in Serbia ultimately voted for SNS because Vucic handled Kosovo’s extremist leader Albin Kurti very well," Grenell wrote in a post on the social media network X.

"When the international community universally condemned Kurti, they liked how Vucic managed the crisis and stayed above it," Grenell noted.

"I remember having to pressure Serbia and Kosovo equally when Thaci was President. But once Kurti came to power, the situation became off-balance. Kurti created problems and his radicalism was a top issue for these voters," he added.