As he pointed out, this would resolve the crisis shaking Kosovo, which could soon lead to new elections in the country. Specifically, Kosovo elects its president through parliament, which currently lacks a clear majority. Vjosa Osmani, who served as president from 2021 to this year, attempted to secure a second term but failed to gain the necessary support in parliament. To resolve the crisis, Berisha proposed that the president be elected from the Egyptian minority in Kosovo, which numbers just under 27,000 citizens according to the latest demographic data. Incidentally, members of this minority claim to descend from Egyptians who arrived in the Balkans during the Iron Age, although their connection to ethnic Egyptians is not entirely clear. Besides Kosovo, members of this minority live in Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Croatia. They also hold one guaranteed seat in the Kosovo parliament, allocated from the quota reserved for national minorities.