Germany with a firm attitude: No division of Kosovo

Major reactions have prompted US Ambassador Greg Delaway's refusal last week to talk about the topic of division.

This reluctance by the US diplomat reactualised the issue of the possibility that the North will divide Kosovo. While Germany's Embassy expresses the same stance on the issue -- classically against partition.

Germany's embassy has said they have the same attitude about normalising the reports, as State Minister Michael Roth and Ambassador Christian Heldt have so far said.

Ambassador Heldt just a month ago said in an interview that no one could convince him that partition would be the right solution.

There was no one who could give me convincing answers to the question of what problems would solve such a division. Would it bring any kind of improvement for most Kosovo Serbs living south of Ibri? Would the situation of historical and religious centres, such as Serbian Orthodox monasteries, improve the situation? Would it empower representation of the Serb community within Kosovo society? No!”, the German diplomat was cut off.

And, as they say at the German Embassy, even State Minister Michael Roth has expressed Germany's stance against any idea that would move borders, writes Express.

Roth had chosen the 10th anniversary of Kosovo's independence to warn how dangerous the partition could be if it entered the negotiating table between Kosovo and Serbia.

I would not offer either side concrete proposals from abroad, because the issues you mention are very complex and certainly not simple to resolve. But, generally I am confident that Kosovo and Serbia will overcome this obstacle, if for that there is political will. Although here I have to give a warning: border movement is extremely dangerous. We flatly oppose them”, Roth said in an interview given the Time Ditore during February of this year.

Germany has taken the same stance since the beginning of this year, when it was reported that President Hashim Thaci and his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vuciq, were meeting secretly and that the exchange of territories/division of Kosovo, was the option that would crown the agreement between the two states.

Even the Office of the EU High Representative, mediator in the dialogue, Federica Moghrini, has been asked what Brussels' position on the division that once again fuelled Kosovo's uncertainty when Delaway paused on questions on the issue.

He has avoided the topic of partition, but has said Kosovo and Serbia themselves are determining the way towards normalising their reports.

The EU facilitated dialogue aims to promote long-term co-operation between the two sides, to help them achieve progress on the road to Europe, and to improve the lives of their citizens. The long-term solution implies that the solution must be real, applicable and sustainable under international law. The sides are determining the common language for bilateral reconciliation”, said Moghrin Office spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic.