6 hours agoGrenelli the German diplomat: Why does the EU not liberalise Kosovo visas, they have promised for years
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Following news that dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia will begin on 27 June, there have been numerous reactions. And among them was Wilfang Ischinger. Ischinger has written that he has expressed surprise, saying how this is being done without co-ordination with the EU. Okay, but why would this prevent a [...]
Following news that dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia will begin on 27 June, there have been numerous reactions. And among them was Wilfang Ischinger.
Ischinger has written that he has expressed surprise, saying how this is being done without co-ordination with the EU.
Okay, but why would this prevent a common approach of the US-EU contact group? Remember Bosnia 95, remember Kosovo 98/99, remember Kosovo Troika 2007! Together inside, together outside was our motto then. It worked pretty good. I'm afraid this will not end well”, wrote Ischinger.
While immediate has been the reaction of Greenell, who has replicated, saying that we welcome all the verdant, not just the words.
He has further told Ischinger, why the EU does not liberalise visas for Kosovars and that the people of Kosovo and Serbia deserve more.
“We welcome all actions, not just negotiations. Why don't you make a post for the EU to take visa action they have been promising for years? The people of Kosovo and Serbia deserve progress”, Green has responded.
In contrast, between 1995 and 1998 Wolfgang Ischinger has been political director at the foreign ministry and along with US diplomat Richard Holbrooke has been active participants in reaching the Dayton peace agreement that ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. An active role took place in the spring of 1999 during NATO bombings in the Kosovo war, intensively trying to move Russia for a common international policy towards Kosovo.
