The Kosovo Tennis Federation (FTK) will denounce before international sports organizations the Serbian national teamheaded by Novak Djokovicby sing before a Davis Cup match a song that in Kosovo is considered a nationalist provocationthe Kosovo press reported this Saturday.
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According to the Koha newspaper portal, the FTK indicates that before the Davis Cup quarterfinals against Great Britain last Thursday in Malaga, a song was heard that mentions in its lyrics that “the Serbian flag must fly from Prizren (a city in the south). from Kosovo) to Rumija (a mountain in Montenegro)”.
“It is regrettable that this type of provocations with nationalist songs occur at major sporting eventsespecially in the Davis Cup, which is the world tennis championship,” says a statement from the FTK.
The note announces that the FTK, in coordination with the country’s institutions, will present a complaint to the International Tennis Federation as organizer of the competition, the International Olympic Committee and other relevant sports organizations.
Kosovo, a former Serbian province populated by a large majority of ethnic Albanians, unilaterally proclaimed its independence from Serbia in 2008, which the country does not recognize.
Serbia and Kosovo are negotiating the normalization of their relations in a difficult and unfruitful dialogue supported by the European Union.
2023-11-25 10:27:55
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