Ariph answers Hahn: Kosovo tax does not question president, but prime minister

European Union Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said he has offered solutions to the trade issue between Belgrade and Pristina and that he is awaiting the answer from the presidents of Kosovo and Serbia.

By thus completely ignoring the Government of Kosovo that imposed the 100 per cent tax on products of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

But Prime Minister Avi Arifi's cabinet chief in a statement to Periscope has said the country's president did not ask at all about the tax. According to him, powers are divided and the government does not change the opinion.

There's no change in government attitudes. In Kosovo, the president does not decide, but Government” has said Arifi for my Periscope asked about the disregard Hahn has done to the Government, leaving the fate of the tax in the hands of the president.

The government has declared it will not lift the tax until Serbia's recognition.

Commissioner Hahn, in an interview for N1 television, has said that at the Davos Economic Forum, he has talked to the presidents Thaci and Vuciq, and that he has detailed his proposal.

I proposed that all relevant trade issues involving Serbia and Kosovo be co-ordinated. I am willing to conduct this conversation and that would be the basis for assuming that it is possible to continue the dialogue mediated by High Representative Federica Moghrini “, Hahn said.
Commissioner Hahn in this interview also said Thaci and Vuciq understood his proposal, and the days ahead await their positive response. /Periscopi