Kosovo visa processing group meets again in November

The news has revealed Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi in a statement to ATV television on Thursday.

Bislimi has said that Kosovo has been instructed to use its bilateral channels to discuss new requirements, so that consensus can be reached, to push forward the process in the upcoming meeting of this year's visa processing group, held on 9-10 November.

He has considered the new conditions -- ideas that have been discussed on 13 October in the visa processing group on the European Council -- regarding visa liberalisation for Kosovo citizens.

The government's number two has said that although no state has been hallucinating for visa liberalisation, member states have had three types of positions.

“We have countries which without any reserve have supported the immediate visa liberalisation for Kosovo, we have those states, which for the reasons of political dynamics have been unable to give the official stance, because some of the sos are on the technical mandate of their governments, is Italy and Sweden, as well as Denmark that has just warned the new elections. There are also minority countries, which do not oppose visa liberalisation for Kosovo, but want to link it to several other elements, which for us are new conditions, or new criteria. Even though they claim to be only technical, for us new conditions --”.

Meanwhile, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora in Kosovo Donika Grovalla has said via a Facebook post that the visa liberalisation process in Brussels on Thursday “marked a very important step ahead of”.

The “Group for Visa welcomed the commission's update and generally supported the continuation of the visa liberalisation process for Kosovo citizens. There was no controversy or disagreement. Technical issues have been raised, which will be addressed in further discussions within the Visa Group, from which the process will continue towards completion of the regular” deadline, she has said, among other things.