Haradinaj's adviser: He's running away from dialogue, looking for consensus.

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has been caught in the sting of criticism of opposition and political analysts because, reportedly, his reluctance to take the lead in representing Kosovo in the next phase of dialogue with Serbia. According to the opposition, but even connoisseurs of political developments in Kosovo, since the Constitutional Court's act to declare unconstitutional the Law for Kosovo's delegation in talks with Serbia has been clarified that the competence and legal responsibility to lead the dialogue is Kosovo's prime minister, in consultation with the president.

In Prime Minister Haradinaj's cabinet, there is no reluctance to take over the leadership of the dialogue, but it is remembered that Haradinaj is seeking a broad consensus on this process.

Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj's media adviser, also Kosovo Government spokeswoman Donjet Gashi, told Radio Free Europe that Prime Minister Haradinaj has never lost responsibility for the dialogue. She said the prime minister considers that Kosovo has no time to lose, but from this process there must be concrete results.

The “is not a hesitation on the part of the prime minister, but it is a insistence that on major issues dealing with the definition of all aspects with the Serbian state, that there be inclusion and that there is a contextary dialogue, a corresponding dialogue that leads to mutual recognition, in a legally binding agreement on the existing”, Gashi said.

“This is the prime minister's stance and, in effect, has invited all parties in Kosovo to sit at the table and join the dialogue issue with Serbia”, spokeswoman Gashi stressed.

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has stated several times that on major and important issues such as dialogue with Serbia should have a commitment of all political parties. Haradinaj has said that a framework agreement for talks between Kosovo and Serbia is most necessary.

On the other hand, Life Krasniqi, connoisseur of the process of political dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia by the Democratic Institute of Kosovo, tells Radio Free Europe that the leaders of institutions should not leave responsibility. Krasniqi said all constitutional obligations must be carried out by the heads of institutions, which have taken over the country's leadership.

“Dialolog Kosovo is not the issue or topic of the most attractive, it is a difficult issue and may also have a political cost, but while there are institutions, as long as there are representatives of institutions, they should have the responsibility to take the political cost of”, Krasniqi said.

The “This issue has nothing to do with preference or desire whether they want it or not, it is about commitment and the moment the designated persons take responsibility to lead certain dictatorships”, Krasniqi said.

According to her, the question of dialogue with Serbia should have a comprehensive consensus, as this process and an eventual agreement should be voted in the Kosovo Assembly.

The only way, regardless of who is in power, to move forward is through building a political consensus for the fact that the eventual agreement should be voted in the two-thirds of the vote”.

The “that is such a sensitive and important issue needs to be built a consensus in the initial phase. What is for us relevant and should be taken seriously by the heads of institutions, this consensus should be built within the constitutional framework”, Krasniqi said.

Currently, the process of dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade, in the format led by the European Union, is blocked. Meanwhile, a new attempt to continue the meetings has been tried to be launched by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, who has also not resulted in continuing dialogue.

To continue the dialogue in Brussels, Belgrade has set as a condition to remove the 100 per cent customs tax, which the Government of Kosovo has decided on for all imports from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

But, authorities in Pristina have declared that the 100 per cent tax on Serbian goods does not present an obstacle to continuing dialogue, but the obstacle lies in Serbia's unwillingness to recognise Kosovo.

On the other hand, the United States of America has reaffirmed that it supports dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, facilitated by the European Union. Senior American officials have said it is fundamental for the future of both countries -- Serbia and Kosovo -- to find a way to normalise the reports.