7 minutes agoGreminger: Kosovo-Serbia issue resolution vital for region
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger said in an interview for the Macedonian Voice of America that for the security of the Western Balkans resolving the Kosovo-Serbia issue is vital. This would bring stability and prosperity to the region”, he said. Although running the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue is a European Union issue, he said [...]
This would bring stability and prosperity to the region”, he said.
Although running Pristina-Belgrade dialogue is a European Union issue, he said O The SEU can contribute in a neutral way.
The “what we can do is to support dialogue, helping the parties implement the measures agreed upon. We work in a way that is neutral for status, both in Kosovo and Serbia, we are accepted by all because we are impartial”, Greminger has said.
He said he understands disappointment with the failure to open membership talks for northern Macedonia and Albania. Asked for Northern Macedonia, he said O support The SEU will continue.
To implement reforms, strengthen the rule of law and institutions and face security challenges, confronting returning foreign fighters, to prevent violent extremism”, he has said.
But Greminger said both the organisation and Albania are preparing for the chairmanship Tirana takes in 2020.
“I am absolutely convinced that its leadership will be positive for us, as for Albania”, he said.
