Without agreement with Kosovo, no EU for Serbia

The Serbian online newspaper “Telegraph.rs” has conducted an analysis on the subject, where Serbian analysts have interviewed, but also the director of Metro Journal in Pristina, Valon Syla.

In the situation, when Pristina according to Telegraf.rs, thinks the independence process is a completed story, Belgrade does not want to give up territory it claims to be, in case the parties want to have an agreement both should be ready for compromise, the papero.net sends.

The European Union's enlargement strategy in the Western Balkans, which will be presented tomorrow in Strasbourg, according to reports, envisions a comprehensive agreement between Belgrade and Pristina. However, Belgrade and Pristina will have their own red lines in the negotiations process.

I will not put my head in the sand like others when it comes to Kosovo. I am willing to do something that will be compromise, but if anyone thinks that Serbia is willing to give everything and be free of anything then it is extremely disappointed”, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said by answering journalists in questions concerning dialogue with Kosovo.

This permanent solution is also required by the European Union. The EU wants Belgrade and Pristina to conclude a comprehensive and legal agreement on normalisation of relations. What exactly does that mean, though? Especially since there is no consensus on the Kosovo issue within the EU, as five members did not recognise Kosovo's declared independence, broadcast newspapers.net

“It is very difficult to say what a legally binding document is, because EU member states do not have a consensus on this issue. But if they had and when they presented it, we would declare it”, Kosovo Office Director Marko Djuric has said.

“Red line is a still undefined” agreement, Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo President Milovan Drescu has said, who added he hopes through it will come recognition for independence, which he calls self-declared.

“It is unacceptable and Serbia will not do”, he has said.

He says the compromise has been reached, with talks in Brussels leading to a neutral status framework.

“These are not talks between the two states, but between Belgrade and Pristina. Several agreements have been reached, and a dialogue must continue. All that is achieved within this dialogue will in fact be translated into this legally binding agreement. But this agreement will not be signed by representatives of both countries”, Drescu stressed.

He stressed that Kosovo is not a state and added that it will not be able to cheat on signing an agreement with a called state.

On the other hand, there is the possibility of sitting down and Belgrade and Pristina resolving Kosovo's final status with agreement, but not in the way Pristina wants. For them, this is over and Belgrade must recognise this self-declared state. This is not a solution, Belgrade will not accept it”, Drescu told Television.rs.

“Goodpo, even Pristina has its own terms, except for the “line red” the Kosovo side has its own goals in dialogue with Serbia”, said Metro newspaper director Valon Syla.

The goal of official Pristina is to finish the dialogue with Belgrade as soon as possible so that membership in international institutions, such as the UN and the EU, also in other organisations where Kosovo has not become part of it”, Valon has said.

“is expected here from Serbia, at least not to interfere in Kosovo in this process. Recognising the sovereignty and integrity of Kosovo and its symbols, I would add here and establish bilateral diplomatic relations between Pristina and Belgrade, which would no doubt have to imply the classic recognition of Kosovo. But at least this recognition is expected to be a functional and factual recognition of the state of Kosovo (de facto), if the same cannot be called legal or classical recognition (de jure)”, Syla has said.