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6 hours agoBorell's office: Kosovo visa liberalisation to deal with emergency
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)More recently, visa liberalisation for Kosovo has become the main topic. The issue has also become public debate on social networks among European diplomats, promoted by US diplomat Richard Green. Grenelli has reacted to the matter during today's Twitter day, writing that she welcomes the [...] meeting.
Grenelli, in this regard, has reacted to today's Twitter daily, writing that he welcomes the July 10th meeting, where he will discuss the Kosovo dialogue, Serbia, but has also demanded that the visa issue be closed at this meeting.
“We are pleased to see that Europeans will hold a meeting on July 10th for further discussions with Kosovo and Serbia. We offer them our full support and are grateful for their guidance. We hope that the important issue of visa liberalisation will be closed at this” meeting, he wrote.
The news. These days ago is interested in what is the position of European Union for Foreign Policy and Security chief Joseph Borell over Kosovo's visa liberalisation.
From Borell's Office for News.net have indicated that visa liberalisation for Kosovars continues to be their target, while the European Commission has also estimated that Kosovo has met the standards for liberalisation.
Furthermore in their response, the proposal for visa liberalisation for Kosovars is put on hold in the council, but also stressed that it should be addressed as urgent issues.
“on several occasions, we have publicly expressed our attitude towards visa liberalisation. Visa liberalisation continues to remain our common goal until the Commission and the EEAS stand behind the assessment that Kosovo has met all standards to cross the road towards visa liberalisation. The proposal is pending on the Council, which should be addressed as an urgent matter.”, says the response of the Borell Office for News.net.
Linked to this issue, 42 members of the European Parliament have applied to the president of France for visa removal for Kosovars. It is no coincidence that this request is addressed to France because it is considered the most skeptical state in this decision.
“Today, along with 41 members of the European Parliament, we signed two letters addressed to France's president, Emanuel Macron and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, with the request to abolish visas for Kosovo citizens by the end of 2020. It has been two years since Kosovo has met all criteria for visa removal. Only in this way can Europe become the just mediator”, wrote Andrey Kovatchev of the European Parliament.
It remains to be seen what the European Union's next steps regarding visa liberalisation for Kosovo will be.
