2023-05-30 08:26:58
In full resurgence of tensions between the Serbian community and Kosovar authorities, the player proclaimed “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia! Stop the violence” after entering the tournament on Monday, May 29.
Scribbled on the cameras of Roland-Garros at the end of the matches, these are usually messages full of good feelings for the fans. After entering the tournament on Monday May 29, Novak Djokovic nevertheless used his pen to convey a much more political speech. “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia! Stop the violence,” wrote the Serbian player, in Cyrillic letters, after his victory against the American Kovacevic, when tensions between Serbian communities and Kosovar authorities broke out in Kosovo.
A few hours later, Djoko clarified his remarks at a press conference. In the Serbian language, he initially remained evasive. “I think I have said everything I have to say on this subject. I am not a politician and I do not want to enter into political debates., initially defended the sacred player twice Porte d’Auteuil. before adding another layer. “It’s a very sensitive subject. I am very touched as a Serb by what is happening in Kosovo and how our people have been practically forced out of our municipalities […]. I am the son of a man born in Kosovo, I feel an additional responsibility to support our people and all of Serbia”added Novak Djokovic.
Statements that look like a serious knife attack in the ethical charter of Roland-Garros, which prohibits players from publicly displaying political or religious opinions, a fortiori in the midst of the Russian war in Ukraine.
Monday evening on Twitch, the tournament director, Amélie Mauresmo, did not hide her embarrassment. “There, we are waiting to see even an exact translation, because we have several versions that go back to usargued the former French champion. We will see. And talk to him to find out what he really meant. No precipitation. We’re going to set things up.”
“Kosovo is Serbia”
Because the little phrase appeared in the midst of a feverish outbreak in Kosovo, a country from which Serbia has never accepted independence since 2008. On Monday, Kfor soldiers were injured on Monday on the sidelines of sometimes violent demonstrations by the Serbian community , which calls for the departure of Albanian mayors in the north of the country.
But this is not the first time that Djokovic has taken a stand on this subject. In 2008, during his victory at the Australian Open, his first of a major tournament, the player then declared “Kosovo is Serbia”. More recently, in an interview granted on May 15 to the Italian newspaper of the Corriere della Serathe Serbian champion clearly showed his wish to “return to Kosovo” with his wife Jelena, to baptize his children, eight-year-old Stefan and five-year-old Tara.
“I know the subject is very sensitive. The conflict is still there, unarmed for now, but the tension is palpable, he had asserted. I don’t want to play politics, but for every Serb, Kosovo is the heart, the center of our culture, our identity, our tradition, our religion.”. Hajrula Čeku, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport of Kosovo, was quick to respond to him via a message posted on Twitter: «No-vax No entry», in reference to the Serbian player’s refusal to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
The Djokovic clan is used to political outings creating controversy. On January 25, during the Australian Open and just minutes after his son’s victory in the quarter-finals in Melbourne, Srdjan Djokovic, Novak Djokovic’s father, was filmed with pro-Russian fans sporting a flag flanked by the portrait of the Russian president, and displaying their support for the boss of the Night Wolves, Aleksandr Zaldostanov, a group of pro-Putin bikers.
Update : at 10:20 a.m., with more context.
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