2 minutes agoHoxhaj: If the demarcation is not ratified in January, we risk liberalisation for 2019
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Kosovars risk remaining isolated even in 2019 if the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro as the main condition of the European Union for visa removal is not ratified in the Assembly during January. That is the warning former Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj has given to political parties. [...]
Kosovars risk remaining isolated even in 2019 if the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro as the main condition of the European Union for visa removal is not ratified in the Assembly during January.
That is the warning former Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj has given to political parties.
He has said that from the month of January, a new dynamic in terms of Demarketation is expected to be discussed in the Assembly.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoxhaj in an interview for news.net, has asked the political leaders for national issues, such as demarcation, which remains the key criterion from the EU for Kosovo to abolish visas.
It is the last time all political subjects, who are in the government and the opposition to vote on the agreement, and to move forward liberalising visas for citizens”.
Therefore, we expect that in January we will create a new situation and resolve the issue. If that doesn't happen, then I'm afraid we'll miss our chance for the year 2018, even 2019. Therefore, it is the right moment for political party leaders, not only for demarcation but also for other national topics to find a consensus of”, Hoxhaj said, adding that the dilemma for loss of territory from this agreement does not stand.
The agreement with Montenegro on setting the border line between the two countries signed in Vienna in 2015 has not yet been ratified in the Kosovo Assembly, due to suspicions that Kosovo loses territory from this agreement.
Prime Minister Haradinaj, who comes to the helm of the Government, has dismissed the State Commission for marking the border line with Montenegro, appointing a new one, led by speed, Bulqi.
This commission has submitted its report to Government, where it has concluded that Kosovo has lost territory from the Vienna agreement.
The provision of the Bullics Commission has also been sent to the Assembly, has also been discussed in the Foreign Affairs Commission, which is expected since early January to hand over the Headship of the Parliament.
Despite the rejection of the 2015 version of this agreement by some political parties, but Prime Minister Haradinaj himself, for Montenegro, the issue is closed.
