3 minutes agoCakaj rejects Bosnian invitation, does not participate in SEECP to solidify Kosovo
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Albania will not participate in the Southeast European Co-operation Process Summit, in a sign of solidification with Kosovo. Minister of Task for Europe and Foreign Affairs Gent Cakaj has announced that Albania will not participate in the Southeast European Co-operation Process summit (SEECP) organised by Bosnia and Herzegovina. In one [...]
Minister of Task for Europe and Foreign Affairs Gent Cakaj has announced that Albania will not participate in the Southeast European Co-operation Process summit (SEECP) organised by Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In a post on the social Twitter network, the Minister in Task writes that treatment by organisers in Kosovo is unacceptable.
Cakaj says dealing with Kosovo goes against the goal of creating an atmosphere of trust, good neighbourly relations and stability. Minister of Task Cakaj writes there can be no co-operation without equal treatment.
“Albania cancels its participation at the SEECP Summit in a sign of solidarity with Kosovo. Its treatment by organisers is unacceptable and goes against the goal of creating a climate of trust, good neighbourly relations and stability. There is no cooperation without equal treatment. #We focus together”, Cakaj wrote on Twitter.
A day earlier, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci said the denigrating invitation of the current chairman of Bosnia and Herzegovina's leadership made Kosovo's participation and representation impossible at this meeting. As a result, Thaci has refused to attend the meeting.
Kosovo has always been and is ready for good neighbourly relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and for mutual recognition. But, unfortunately, our will has been repeatedly misused, just as it is now in the case of the SEECP organisation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The minimum Kosovo requires for participation in such forums is equal treatment with other participating states.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's behaviour is unacceptable and paradoxical, since its representatives apply completely anti-European practices that do not distinguish with those of Serbia. With such a destructive approach, regional co-operation and good neighbourly co-operation among Western Balkan states remains an elusive precondition on the road to EU membership. The Republic of Kosovo remains committed to good neighbourly relations, regional and Euro-Atlantic co-operation, but refuses to be subject and discriminated against by nobody, Thaci said the day before.
