“The president didn’t [hand over her phone] as a result of it could be a critical violation,” Vitia stated. “Regardless of the reason of the principles that the president’s group made identified to the airport official, he tried to bodily push the president,” at which level Osmani’s safety element intervened, Vitia stated.
Osmani’s spokesperson Bekim Kupina slammed the airport workers’s “conceited and violent habits,” including that the altercation was “unprecedented and has by no means occurred on any journey of the president anyplace on the earth.”
“It’s clear that within the case in query there was a need to impress the delegation of the Republic of Kosovo and to trigger an incident,” Kupina stated.
North Macedonia’s Inside Ministry confirmed the incident occurred however gave a distinct account, saying a member of Osmani’s safety element bodily pulled an airport workers member apart to permit Osmani to cross by means of border management with out having her telephone scanned, in accordance with a press release to Macedonian media.
The ministry’s assertion added that half an hour later, three safety officers working for North Macedonia’s parliamentary speaker Afrim Gashi arrived on the airport “and began threatening the staff of [Skopje International Airport] and asking who prompted an issue to the president,” after which one of many officers “pushed a police officer working on the border crossing.”
In a press release to native media, Gashi’s workplace denied the account, saying his safety workers “have been current solely to calm the scenario” and resolve the dispute between Osmani’s workers and the airport safety.
North Macedonia’s Inside Ministry stated it had launched an investigation into the incident, which First Deputy Prime Minister Izet Mexhiti referred to as a “misunderstanding.”
Representatives for Osmani and the Macedonian Inside Ministry didn’t reply to POLITICO’s request for remark earlier than publication.
