EU criticised for partiality in Kosovo- Serbia

While criticising the EU for taking sides with Serbia, it is silent over statements by the Serbian side for war and not uncovering mass cemetery.

In this response, organisation director “Arise”, Arton Demhasaj says EU foreign policy is shown to be in favour of Serbia and Kosovo's damage.

The “has been a policy of the EU that has most improved Serbia, not Kosovo. Now, though, it is turning out to be beautiful. If we see the statements of top Serbian officials in recent days, originally President Vuciq, where he speaks of war, then Dicicic's statements where mass cemetery should be hidden and not make it public, even accuse Serbs who are doing one, and we have no reaction from EU officials. And when only a visit by President Vuciq is not allowed to happen in Kosovo, we have a letter coming from the EU. This shows that EU foreign policy is quite biased, and this is perceived to be in Serbia's favour and damage to Kosovo”, he says.

Lajcak Letter, Allen Meta from “D4D” calls it tough, but says it is the trigger of a non-stable government that Kosovo has.

The reaction of European officials is quite severe in Mr. Lajcak's recent statement. We believe that there has been enough opportunity for the EU and both sides to actually raise greater attention in terms of various issues. We believe it is very important that the EU take on a different role than it currently has so far. Considering that no party so far abides by the agreements reached. But even the reason why it seems most to us that the EU is attacking Kosovo is this lack of a more stable government that would have a more stable prime minister that could counter such a statement”, he says.

While politicalologist Ramush Tahiri tells Kosovo that his reaction has been based on the free circulation agreement, but must become clear to them and to the Serbian side that visits should be official and bilateral.

It's a political assessment that Mr. Lajcak did because it's drawn up in the principle that the free circulation agreement is signed. However, the agreement implies reciprocity. If allowed to visit Kosovo, which has never been allowed, then Serbian officials may also be allowed to visit. But the visit should be official, not private visit. The official visit is to be conveyed by his Kosovo counterpart, who visit the country. Kosovo should once and for all stop these imposed visits under the compromise firm”, Tahiri said.

During the day over the issue, Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti said that requests for visits by Serbian officials would be addressed according to the sensitivity of the current situation the country is going through.

“Agreements we respect and are pro-free movement, there is no discussion, we are working in the process of dialogue to close all the open issues we have with Serbia, but sometimes some issues are quite sensitive and in the context of situation sensitivity. I have received the letter from Mr. Lajcak I will answer and I am in regular communication with him, but any request for visits should be addressed in the context of the sensitivity of the situation we are going through” said Hoti.

Last week, Serbian President Vuciq tried to visit Kosovo, but was refused permission by Foreign Affairs and Diasporas Minister Melza Haradinaj-Subla.

For this reason, the European Union's special representative for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak today, has urged Kosovo to honour the agreements signed in Brussels regarding Serbian officials' visits to Kosovo.