17 minutes agoKurt's Halloween since <x0) US and EU
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, with the new decision on Serbian license plates, truly made by the international partners, making Halloween's holiday more pronounced. Both the EU and the United States publicly expressed disappointment with Kurt, who did not listen to their demands to postpone for 10 months [...]
According to government from November 1st to November 21st Rebuke Measure Begins, by January 21st, it will be the penalty measure and, from January 21st, prov plates will be used for two more months, after which the date on April 21st will not be allowed other plates in Kosovo.
In a communique issued by the EU It is said that Kosovo has the right to gradually remove the old “plates, but the process should be developed in the agreed-on manner of dialogue and implemented in a comprehensive and advisory manner”.
Although the decision is a step in the right direction, said in the communique, it is not in line with the Dialogue Agreements, which are binding on both sides”.
Further, the communiqué stresses that the 2016 agreement envisioned a clearly listed and defined process with a 12-month deadline for the conversion process “which has not been followed. Kosovo should allow a longer period of transition. This has been the ongoing advice of Kosovo's closest partners, including the EU and the United States. It is disappointing to see that” of advice has not been followed, says the communique.
On the other side, too. State Department ( DASH) issued a communique expressing disappointment with Kurti Government not to comply with requests that have been addressed to the international partners Kurt.
The United States of America, along with our international partners, urged the Kosovo government to extend the implementation period for the license decision. Kosovo has the right to implement the license regime under the Brussels Agreement, but extending the deadline is in the interest of progress in the EU facilitated dialogue for normalising Kosovo-Serbia relations. The United States is disappointed and concerned that the Government of Kosovo has refused to do so by its international partners. Kosovo and Serbia must work urgently and flexiblely to reach a comprehensive agreement on normalised relations, with mutual recognition centred” said in response.
And the U.S. Secretary, Antony Blinken, has reacted to Kurt's decision Saying the US is concerned and disappointed that Kosovo's prime minister has rejected the international partners' demands.
We remember that October 31st was the deadline for Kosovo Serb citizens to convert their plates to RKS. However, only 20 vehicles have been registered so far. Enis Rrustemi/Periscope.
