Kosovo Olympic Committee calls for disciplinary action against Novak Djokovic over French Open message

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The Kosovo Olympic Committee urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Tuesday to open "disciplinary proceedings" against Novak Djokovic after claiming his statement at the French Open regarding the recent conflict in the region could set a "dangerous precedent." 

The committee issued a statement from its president, Ismet Krasniqi, in response to the message Djokovic wrote on a camera lens following his first-round victory at Roland Garros Monday. 

Novak Djokovic of Serbia wrote a political statement in Serbian on a camera lens — "Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence." — about the tensions between Kosovo and Serbia after his first-round victory at the 2023 French Open at Roland-Garros May 29, 2023, in Paris. (Getty Images)

"Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence," Djokovic wrote in Serbian, the same day 30 NATO peacekeepers were injured when police and ethnic Serbs clashed during demonstrations in Zvecan. 

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"Yesterday, we and the world witnessed another incident, this time composed by a Serbian tennis player, Novak Djokovic, who once again and for the third time violated the sport principles, breached the fundamental principles of the IOC charter on the point of political neutrality and involved yet another political statement in sport," Krasniqi’s statement said. 

"Novak Djokovic has yet again promoted the Serbian nationalist's propaganda and used the sport platform to do so. Additionally, the further post-match statements, made by such a public figure without any feeling of remorse, directly