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Serbian Minister's Ethnic Cleansing Remark Sparks Kosovo Crisis
Serbian Minister Snežana Paunović sparked outrage by stating she would have 'ethnically cleansed' Kosovo in 1998 if she had been Slobodan Milošević. The Kosovo interior minister declared her permanently unwelcome. Paunović later clarified she meant expelling non-loyal citizens and 'eliminating' KLA members, not killing all Albanians. The article notes that despite EU efforts, Serbia-Kosovo relations are at an impasse, and experts argue Belgrade never abandoned Milošević-era narratives but merely softened its rhetoric for Brussels. The 1998-1999 war killed over 13,000 people, mostly Kosovo Albanians.
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