2 minutes agoBorrell Kosovo and Serbia: If you want European future, you can't bypass dialogue
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)European Union High Representative (BE) for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell has said the Western Balkans, including Kosovo and Serbia, have European prospects. And even his writing has liked German diplomat Boris Ruge and the special representative for Kosovo dialogue Serbia from the European Union, Miroslav [...]
European Union High Representative (BE) for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell has said the Western Balkans, including Kosovo and Serbia, have European prospects. And even his writing has liked German diplomat Boris Ruge and the special representative for Kosovo dialogue Serbia from the European Union, Miroslav Lajcak.
“As the EU, we are committed to escort them every step of their path. But for the European future to become a reality for people, the EU-mediated dialogue cannot be overlooked”, Borrell wrote on the social Twitter network.
Since April, the European Union has appointed Miroslav Lajcak as special representatives for dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Last week, Germany and France have demanded that dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia resume.
For this reason, EU member states have nominated one of the most skilled diplomats, Miroslav Lajcak in the post of special envoy for dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade”, have said through a joint article, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian.
A day earlier, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has said that for resolving the problems with Serbia, Kosovo should join everyone, but also make the difference between its strategic partners over who can hold negotiations, conclude the agreement and implement it.
However, I do not have the will to participate in the negotiation process led by Lajcak”, Thaci has said.
President Thaci is constantly insisting that the US have the leading role in reaching a peace agreement between Kosovo and Serbia.
Kosovo and Serbia have interrupted negotiations since a year and a half when Kosovo imposed a 100 per cent tax on Serbia's products. The US and the EU have consistently called for removal of this tax as a condition for the resumption of dialogue. The government in Pristina on 1 April lifted the tax but approved reciprocity measures for Serbia's products. Belgrade again says it will not return to the talks unless that move is lifted.
