The Burnaby conditions: Kosovo talking only after the tax is lifted

“After fully implementing the CEFTA agreement then it will be possible to continue talks with Kosovo”, Serbian Prime Minister Anna Brnabiq has said.

After the morning of the European Union leader's work, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz with the prime ministers of the Western Balkans, Brnabiq has declared that Serbia is turning to the future, but, unfortunately, some are turning the region back.

Serbia's prime minister has declared in Vienna that Kosovo with taxes on Serbian products is discriminating all that is Serbian”.

As it has estimated, this “is particularly clear in the past two weeks and has said Pristina has violated the CEFTA agreement with increased tax on goods from Serbia.

This is not in line with CEFTA, and presents clear discrimination of all that is Serbian. They hope that in the future we will be able to implement this agreement, and what will enable continued talks with Kosovo”, she has said.

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has said that taxes have followed after the uneven treatment of goods from Kosovo to Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

No production by Kosovo has been able to go to Serbia or BiH without financial obstacles. On the other hand, we have good co-operation with other countries, with which we have no tax barriers. We are ready to strengthen relations with all neighbours, Haradinaj has said, who received his word immediately after Brnabiqi.