Agim Bahtiri tells why Ibër Bridge is not opening

In an interview with news reports, Bahtiri also spoke of opening the Iber River bridge.

He has said he is guilty of delays in the process are other parallel processes, such as the resignation of four Serb mayors of municipalities.

The security situation has been at the right level, because we've had enormous crime rates, even though we've had significant events, the situation has been very good”, Bahtiri said.

“Sic are reported, along with the EU and the chairman of the north, Rakiq, we have agreed that the bridge will be issued in September, but that did not happen. We launched a procedure with a world famous singer being a clear message for all Kosovo citizens to do manifestly opening the bridge. Another part of the policy emerged, which followed north from Serbia. Then we also had the resignations of Serbian mayors. Now let's see how much this” can be accomplished, he said.

However, according to Bahtir, this process is expected to be completed very quickly, though it does not give any timetable.

Let's say this and be very sure that the bridge will open up and normalisation of the situation will happen. We are working with the EU and the central level so that as soon as this procedure is carried out. There have been some very important processes like the military, which we want to do without interference and then go back to the part here, where we'll soon see the bridge 11x1>, Bahtiri said.

According to Bahtiri, the topic of opening the bridge over the Iber River will not be the subject of distribution in Brussels between the dialogue team and the Serbian delegation.

“A negotiating group has been chosen with Serbia, and to see how the process is going, I think part of the negotiations will not be the theme of the bridge, but it will be normalising the situation in the north and ending the dialogue completely. This has led us into a process in which we have lost a time for opening the bridge, because another topic, Kosovo's partition, emerged. This has left us stuck in this process that I didn't want either. She's at the table and she's talking about it, and see how the Kosovo delegation stands in this” term, he has said.

According to Bahtir, the topic of border correction is also the trigger that there has been delays in the process of opening the bridge over the Iber River.

“Of course it is, because we've had in September eventually to leave the bridge, and the theme that came to the stage for changing borders has blocked the system of all the agreements that have been there before. I think and I hope this will happen very soon”, Bahtiri said.