Pacolli: New EU leadership makes visa-related decision

According to Pacolli, Kosovo expects the EU to make a positive decision on visa liberalisation.

Pacolli Posting:

Kosovo welcomes the new European Union leadership. We believe it does not depend on the national origin the role someone will play in the European Union, and the European Union's foreign policy depends on member states on which the majority have recognised Kosovo. We expect that we will continue to strengthen relations with the EU even though the EU is going through difficult times, the key to our relations remains visa liberalisation, where we expect the EU to make the decision, to continue dialogue with Serbia and the enlargement process will not stop.
We expect the European Union to make a decision on visa liberalisation for Kosovo. Any further delay has no reason. As the European Commission and Parliament has confirmed, Kosovo has met all criteria for visa liberalisation and there should be no political reasons to prevent this technical process. We are working with all member states to explain to them the need to provide free travel to Kosovo. Any delay would harm EU credibility in Kosovo and the region and would show that implementation reforms and EU required standards are not paid. This is harmful to the European future and EU strength.
Kosovo is a country meant to have good relations with all countries, including Spain. We have urged the Spanish government to recognise Kosovo and support Kosovo's path towards international consolidation and European integration. Unfortunately, because of reasons that do not concern Kosovo, the Spanish position has been a tough line towards Kosovo. We are waiting and working with all actors and countries to strengthen Kosovo's relations with them.