an hour agoWhy Kosovo's Brussels Flag Missing
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The European Union does not seem to consider Kosovo's very state. At least this impression is to leave the position the EU holds in front of it. Today, at the joint press conference that Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and European Union representative Josep Borrell held after the meeting in Brussels, the flag [...] was nowhere to be seen.
Today, at the joint press conference that Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and European Union representative Josep Borrell held after the meeting in Brussels, Kosovo's flag was nowhere to be seen. There were only two EU flags.
Only an EU flag, and close to it, the Serbian one was placed between EU Foreign Policy representative Josep Borrell and Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, when these two met two days ago.
Five European Union countries still do not recognise Kosovo as an independent state, but the EU mediates almost every meeting in dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. In some of them, agreements have also been signed, which have been ratified in the Kosovo Assembly.
Of the 27 EU member states, Spain, Greece, Romania, Cyprus and Slovakia do not recognise Kosovo's independence. With this move, it is believed they are seriously hindering Kosovo's path to integration processes.
But Borrell told Kurt today that dialogue with Serbia, in fact, is Kosovo's path to the EU.
Kosovo's European path passes through this dialogue. There is no other way. There is no other option. Reaching an agreement on normalising relations between Kosovo and Serbia is the way to get the European perspective. That's why I encouraged Z. . The time to get involved in this matter”, Borrell said.
“A person when he receives such a strong mandate from citizens means that if they offer an opportunity to push Kosovo towards the European Union, European standards, and we hope that you will use this option”, the top European diplomat stressed.
But the European Union's European standard seems not to treat Kosovo equally with Serbia.
