Maliqi for Mini-Shengen: Free movement could also be useful for Kosovo

He said the start of this initiative was off track from the start, but that Kosovo has not been damaged by this, Klan Kosova reports.

“Name Mini-Shengen is a journalistic title more. This started backwards because it's not the first meeting, but the third. The first has been somewhat reasonable in the sense that the first meeting held in Novi Sad has been used by Aleksandar Vuciqi, inviting Albania and Northern Macedonia ahead of the decision to open negotiations as a kind of assistance that has been understood. But this has been a little complicated since the beginning.

Kosovo should demand that it be equal in this initiative. But at the last meeting there were no conditions in and this is a phase of preparation. Kosovo is not entering a project that has its rules, but that should protect our interests. Free movement can also benefit us. It also wants tools to be invested in harmonising the” programme.

Maliqi in Info Magazine said she disagrees with Prime Minister Edi Rama about how she is handling the Mini-Sengen issue, calling it visionary and arrogant at the same time.

I don't agree with the way they're handling this case. We don't need to think on this level. Rama is visionary, but sometimes he is arrogant and has his own view of”.

I don't think he works against the interests of Kosovo. He's sometimes arrogant. The conversation with Haradinaj is the result of the meeting in Berlin. Haradinaj charged that Rama had asked him to remove the tax, while he denied it. I don't think there's a patrol. Rama acts like a big brother but doesn't need”.