8 minutes agoO'Connell: If no agreement is reached, Kosovo will have problems
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)British Ambassador to Kosovo Ruairi O'Connelli has spoken of talks being held in Brussels between Kosovo and Serbia. He has said two states must reach a final agreement. “Reports between Kosovo and Serbia must be adjusted. This is very important”, Ruairi O'Connelli said on the Pressing show. He said [...]
“Reports between Kosovo and Serbia must be adjusted. This is very important”, Ruairi O'Connelli said on the Pressing show.
He has said that if no agreement is reached, Kosovo will have problems.
O'Connell has also talked about the idea of exchanging Kosovo territories.
He says they are concerned that the idea of changing borders has been repeatedly mentioned.
“I saw lack of transparency. We are concerned that the idea of changing borders has been repeatedly mentioned. This is the logic of the past that states must be more or less ethnically clean. This can't be in line with the approach we've had so far. This is destabilising”
“Change of borders is dangerous in the Balkans. Can't constantly talk about changes of borders”, he says.
O'Connell says peace cannot be reached or any agreement can be reached just by touching borders.
There are other options to reach agreement between the two states. Agreements cannot be reached touching”
According to him, Kosovo expects internationals to extend principles in this process. The ambassador says it is Kosovo that should propose attitudes for dialogue itself.
