It is fitting that the work of Pablo Picasso, whose artistic output is one of the richest in the history of art of the last century, should in a sense be returned to the African continent that so profoundly marked the genesis of this work and thus of modern art in general.
... As far as the Europeans are concerned, it is our continent which is involved here, and we want our continent to be at peace, and we will not accept that situations such as the present situation in Kosovo should continue,