Shala: Unclear dialogue, Serbia could misuse technical talks

The “in a way is of importance that has resumed dialogue, because for the first time, since we have been holding negotiations between the Kosovo authorities and Serbia, in the last 20 months, we've been more or less responsible for why there is no dialogue, the reasons have been many we know, so the important thing is that we've been back on the table of talks”, he declared in Klan Kosova.

“We are back in very difficult circumstances and on the other hand with a concept that is still unclear to us, not only for the president's office, but for me personally, because the idea of starting with some concrete topics that may be elements of a comprehensive agreement we are not denying, but in principle we are talking over 22 years with Serbia, we cannot resume by saying we can deal with the disabled, deal with displaced and economic themes<x1.

“22 years means a kind of negotiating marathon, we're at the last 500 meters of this marathon, now we can't say that we've made some speed-ups and we have to go back to zero, or we're at the end of this marathon, and both societies are tired, there's no wonderful atmosphere to make the deal, but we don't have any other options of”

According to Shala, good ideas have already been spent and that we are now ahead of necessary ideas and necessity implies mutual recognition between Kosovo and Serbia and entry into a phase that would imply reconciliation between the two peoples.

“We have spent good ideas, now we are ahead of necessary ideas, and necessity implies mutual recognition between Kosovo and Serbia and entry into a phase that would imply reconciliation between the two peoples for a future between Kosovo and Serbia”.

“We no longer have an account, nor is it time for Kosovo to lose in these technical talks that can be misused by Serbia, to open new chapters in an effort to join the EU until we still do not have visa liberalisation”.

The former member of state delegations of dialogue added that although there has been a tendency to say there are topics that have not been discussed, in reality there is no topic that has already been discussed with Serbia.

All the topics that are now being re-opened have been addressed earlier, there has been an effort to deny that we have talked about the missing, has been constantly talking about the missing, and has had an agreement on what to do with this subject. In Rambouille, Vienna, Brussels, there is no subject that has not been discussed. ”

Asked how it should go away with dialogue, Blerim Shala said that before we sit at the negotiating table, we should know exactly what we are dialogueing with Serbia and whether it is willing to recognise Kosovo.

And this is the name of the deal, what we're talking about, and we can't talk about that later, settle the issue of the undiscovered, whose unconscious? Here are two countries that have requirements to find out, or financial demand, our idea has been to address the subject of the name of the agreement, what's going to happen, we think that the step-by-step approach period has been spent, is the idea to get to the core of the problem, is Serbia able to address the subject of the recognition of Kosovo or not, if I don't believe it's logical to continue in Brussels, to go back and talk to other subjects”