6 hours agoThe EU does not worry about Kosovo's failure in Interpol: We only care about dialogue.
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The European Union has no stance on the failure of Kosovo to join Interpol. In a response to the EU High Representative's spokeswoman about this issue, only it is said that “the issue belongs to the member states of the relevant international organisation”. No other word refers either to the failure of Kosovo's membership in Interpol and [...]
No other word refers either to the failure of Kosovo's membership in Interpol, nor to how much this impact can have on the fight against terrorism, organised crime and other phenomena.
But in this EU response, it is clear that the only concern is the impact it can have on dialogue.
“Interpoli is an important partner of the European Union. We have a positive co-operation, including in the area of police co-operation within the EU, technical assistance to third states, operations in the field of common defence and security policy, especially with the aim of increasing police co-operation and rule of law”, has said of “Kah Ditore” Maja Kocijanciq, spokeswoman at the European Commission in written response.
It has further recalled how Federika Moghrini, after the dialogue summit on November 8th, had said that “Kosovo and Serbia should provide an adequate environment for dialogue and refrain from words, deeds and measures that go against the normalisation spirit”.
“The EU five of Serbia and Kosovo soon to testify to their commitment to dialogue given direct links between the comprehensive normalisation of their reports and the concrete perspective of their” EU aspirations.
