Haradinaj ignores US request: The tax is here, remains until recognition

Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has reiterated that the tax on Serbia will not be lifted until recognition. At the conference for journalists after the government's meeting, Haradinaj has said conditioning dialogue with Serbia is meaningless.

“Determining the tax is Kosovo's decision, insights are in the market, conditioning the dialogue is meaningless. It is unacceptable to condition dialogue, I think that only Kosovo loses but loses the entire region. The tax is here until recognition, not removed until recognition”, Haradinaj said, Follow Periscope.

Otherwise, it has been days since the United States of America is demanding the removal of the tax on Serbia. The last is the request conveyed by the Voice of America, which according to the VOAʹs:

The United States has consistently raised the issue of tariffs and the need to suspend them. Kosovo leaders are clear about the seriousness of our position and the challenges that present the tariffs for strong bilateral relations between the United States and Kosovo. Kosovo and Serbia, the top official further emphasises, should take difficult but necessary action and decisions, give priority to negotiations and normalise relations between them”.

In November, Kosovo imposed a 100 per cent tax on goods from Serbia due to Belgrade's aggressive approach to Kosovo citizenship.

Belgrade has conditioned the continuation of talks on lifting tariffs, causing the process to remain suspended.

The United States has sometimes called for the suspension of tariffs, while last week President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, spoke on the phone with Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. /Periscope.