"Naši službenici na KiM su u paklu i na ivici pucanja": Procurila depeša ambasadora Filipa Kosneta

U javnost je procurila depeša u kojoj američka ambasada u Prištini obaveštava Stejt department da se njihovi službenici na Kosovu i Metohiji nalaze – “u paklu”.

U dokumentu koji potpisuje ambasador SAD Filip Kosnet, predočen je čitav spisak problema koji je doveo do toga da se tamošnja ambasada nalazi na “ivici pucanja”, piše Blic.

1/In yesterday’s @POLITICO Nightly newsletter, I snuck in a tiny blurb about how I’d obtained a Feb. 15 cable from the U.S. Embassy in Kosovo that described the pandemic-related frustrations of U.S. diplomats there. In this thread, I’m going to share more details from the cable.

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 20, 2021

Kako je objavio “Politiko”, a na svom tviter nalogu prenela reporterka Nahal Tosi, ta lista je poduža, i na njoj se nalaze i korona virus i nedostatak vakcina, ali i infrastruktura, zagađen vazduh, psi lutalice, prekovremeni rad… Sve to dovodi, piše u depeši, i do loših međuljudskih odnosa među zaposlenima.

– Ambasada u Prištini na Kosovu približava se tački pucanja. Čak i pre kovida-19 Kosovo je bilo teško pogođeno zagađenjem vazduha, malo zelenih površina, malo šansi za aktivnosti na otvorenom i lošom infrastrukturom, prenela je Kosnetove reči reporterka “Politika”.

2/The cable, signed by U.S. Ambassador Philip Kosnett, said the embassy in Pristina, Kosovo, is “nearing the breaking point.” Even before Covid-19, Kosovo was a tough posting, with air pollution, few green spaces, little chance for outdoor activity & bad infrastructure.

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 20, 2021

Takođe, navodi da su na prištinskim ulicama “sveprisutni čopori pasa lutalica” koji mogu biti “agresivni u lovu na hranu”.

– Iz ovih, i drugih razloga, službenici ambasade uglavnom su zbog kovid krize “zaglavili” u zatvorenom prostoru, piše u depeši.

3/Pristina even has “ubiquitous packs of stray dogs” that can be “aggressive when hunting for food.” the cable notes. For these and other reasons, embassy staffers have been largely stuck indoors amid the Covid-19 crisis.

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 20, 2021

To, međutim, nije jedina muka.

– Ambasada nema dovoljno osoblja, pa se ono bavi i zadacima van svojih zaduženja, a ravnoteža između poslovnog i privatnog života je nestala, navodi novinarka “Politika”, i dodaje da je jedan od zaposlenih u anketi rekao da “ovo ima ozbiljan negativan uticaj na moje zdravlje“.

4/The embassy is short-staffed, so staffers are tackling more than their usual share of tasks, all while work-life balance has vanished. “This is having a severe negative impact on my health,” one employee said in a survey described by the cable.

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 20, 2021

To se, između ostalog, manifestuje i “napadima panike, bolovima u grudima, gubitkom sna”, piše u depeši.

Takođe, u dokumentu se navode i problemi u vezi sa korona virusom i vakcinacijom kako tamošnjeg stanovništva, ali i službenika ambasade SAD.

5/“Working longer hours (it’s 5 hours after COB as I write this because I’m still working), anxiety attacks, chest pains, loss of sleep. Something has to give.” The cable adds that “interpersonal conflicts within the embassy are more frequent.”

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 20, 2021

– Otprilike 20 odsto zaposlenih u ambasadi je obolelo od kovida-19. Velika većina njih je lokalno zaposleno osoblje, što je pokazatelj neefikasne kontrole bolesti na Kosovu, piše u dokumentu koji je procureo.

6/“Approximately 20 percent of embassy employees have contracted Covid-19; the vast majority are [Locally Employed] Staff, which is an indication of ineffective disease control in Kosovo,” the cable says.

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 20, 2021

Takođe, navodi se i da se “Kosovo ponaša kao zemlja oslobođena od kovid-19”, ali se u isto vreme navodi da je “Kosovo zemlja koju je opustošila pandemija”.

– U SAD, ako javno ne nosite masku, mogli biste završiti u viralnom video snimku. Na Kosovu ćete najverovatnije završiti na društvenim mrežama jer nosite masku, prenosi reči iz depeše novinarka “Politika”.

7/“Kosovo behaves like a country free from COVID-19 … But Kosovo is a country ravaged by the pandemic … In the U.S., if you don’t wear a mask in public you might end up in a viral video; in Kosovo you’re more likely to trend on social media because you’re wearing a mask.”

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 20, 2021

U dokumentu piše i da postoji percepcija da su lideri Stejt departmenta dali prednost vakcinaciji osoblju u Vašingtonu.

– To je teško prihvatiti – piše američki ambasador.

8/There’s a perception that State Department leaders have prioritized vaccination for personnel in Washington. That is “difficult” to accept, the cable states.

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 20, 2021

On navodi da je “neprestano povećanje očekivanja, a zatim i brzo nestale nade u vezi sa distribucijom vakcina, teško uticalo na izglede naše zajednice za budućnost.

– Mnogi ispitanici sada sumnjaju da će ikada dobiti vakcinu, dok drugi sugerišu ravnodušnost ministarstva – navodi se u tekstu.

9/“Repeatedly raising expectations, then dashing hopes with regards to vaccine distribution has taken a hard toll on our community’s outlook for the future. Many survey respondents now doubt Post will ever get the vaccine, while others suggest indifference by the Department.”

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 20, 2021

Upitan za komentar u vezi sa celom pričom, portparol Stejt departmenta je za jednu kablovsku televiziju izrazio saosećanje, ali takođe rekao da je odeljenje usmerilo “skoro 80 ​​odsto” zaliha vakcina na mesta na terenu koristeći “model distribucije hub-and spoke” (način distribucije robe, gde planeri saobraćaja organizuju rute kao niz krakova, koji povezuju udaljene tačke sa centralnim čvorištem).

10/Asked for comment on the cable, a State Department spokesperson expressed sympathy, but also said the department has directed “nearly 80 percent” of the vaccine supply it has received to posts in the field using a “hub-and-spoke distribution model.”

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 20, 2021

Takođe, on je dodao da “kada je reč o vakcinama, nameravamo ih ponuditi za 100 odsto osoblja odeljenja, onoliko brzo koliko to dozvoljava isporuka vakcina”.

11/The spokesperson added: “When it comes to vaccines, we intend to offer them to 100 percent of department personnel as quickly as vaccine supply permits.”

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 20, 2021

Novinarka “Politika” navodi i da treba napomenuti da je “Vašington post” nedavno objavio priču koja je pokazala kako je zabrinutosti američkih diplomata zbog distribucije vakcina prilično raširena.

12/Anyway, it was an interesting document. Worth noting: The Washington Post recently published a story that showed how US diplomats’ concerns about vaccine distribution are fairly widespread: https://t.co/X4GmPYySwF

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 20, 2021

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