塞尔维亚视科索沃为民族的发祥地和文化摇篮，因为塞尔维亚在12世纪就在这里建立了自己最强盛的国家，而阿族人只是在奥斯曼帝国入侵和塞军败退北方后才大量迁入的。
Serbia considered Kosovo as the birthplace of its nation and the cradle of culture, because Serbia had built its most powerful country here in the 12th century. However, the Albanian people settled here in large numbers only after the Ottoman Empire invaded and the Serbian army retreated to the north.