Zagreb Summit Declaration: No word for visa liberalisation for Kosovo

Despite the major expectations that were created around the Zagreb Summit on visa liberalisation and the issue of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, the final declaration issued by participants says almost nothing about these two issues.

The visa liberalisation issue in the final declaration of this EU-organised summit has not been mentioned at all, despite the fact that Kosovo has fulfilled all conditions for years.

Until a single sentence is dedicated to the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue issue.

In the final declaration of the Zagreb Summit, even in this matter nothing relevant has been said, only the appointment of Miroslav Lajcak as EU Special Representative for the Kosovo dialogue has been welcomed. Serbia and other issues in the Western Balkans.

“We welcome the recent appointment of the EU Special Representative for the Pristina-Belgrade Dialogue and other regional issues of the Western Balkans”, is the only statement in which the question of dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade is specifically mentioned.

Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, has spoken about the Zagreb Summit. He has indicated that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been the only member states to which most of her speech at the Zagreb Summit has dedicated the problem of dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade.

Kosovo on this one has represented President Hashim Thaci, who had expressed happiness that Croatia had decided to organise such a meeting despite the situation created by the COVID-19.

Thaci had also expressed his expectations before the summit was held in terms of a visa liberalisation country for Kosovo, and such a request has been cited in his discussion at Sam.

However, such an issue has never been mentioned in the summit's final declaration. /express/