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6 hours agoO'Connell talks about the April 29th meeting: No concrete agreement expected for Kosovo
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The tradition of meeting Western Balkan leaders to be held on April 29th, this time it focuses on Kosovo and Serbia. This meeting, called by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, is expected to be different. While opinion suggests that this meeting will [...]
The tradition of meeting Western Balkan leaders to be held on April 29th, this time it focuses on Kosovo and Serbia. This meeting, called by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, is expected to be different.
Although the impression has been given in opinion that an agreement between Kosovo and Serbia will be reached by this meeting, this, according to the UN ambassador to Kosovo, Ruairi O'Connell, does not stand.
Ambassador O'Connell, on Thursday for Nobel Press, has declared that from the meeting called by Merkel and Macron, he does not expect any agreements.
We don't expect an agreement on April 29, let's be precise. This has been the initiative of the governments of France and Germany, and as such it is very welcome. It takes more focus, attention in this region. However, Britain, will remain fully engaged in the Kosovo process”.
Although the guests of this meeting are France and Germany, O'Connell says the country he represents continues to be fully involved in the process.
We continue to be fully involved in this process and continue to proceed with the Germans and the French. But any initiative like that of America and Donald Trump, like this German-French dinner is very welcome, where the region will have more international attention” has declared O'Connell.
For United Kingdom Ambassador to Kosovo Ruairí O'Connell, this meeting will help push the process away for Kosovo and Serbia, but this should not be understood as changing or distorting the strategy these states have in front of them.
” should understand that this will be like a dinner to postpone the process. So it should not be understood as something else or a deviation of strategy. It is something very welcome to encourage progress in order to bring us to the final agreement. The deal that can be implemented and extend stability in the region”, he has declared.
