The anonymous official from the EU: Reports with Serbia define Kosovo's European future

For this, an official from the European Union's office for public relations, in a response to Portal Dukajni, has said Kosovo's path towards EU integration depends also on normalising relations with the neighbouring state, Serbia.

“The EU continues to support Kosovo in approaching the EU, beginning through implementation of the EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Agreement that entered into force in 2016”, the EU's response is said.

Kosovo and Serbia's “Road depends also on normalising relations”, the answer follows.

The Kosovo government has placed Kosovo's application in international mechanisms as a priority.

That Kosovo's goals are clear, the EU has stated.

Kosovo has a clear European perspective “, says the official's response.

According to him, the Treaty for the European Union (Nini 49), is clear to the criteria and procedures to apply to become an EU member.

“Applications are delivered to the Council. It is up to the Council to consider such a request, if it is to be submitted”, he added.

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Ibrahim Gashi ovici professor of international relations at Pristina University, in a response to Portal Dukaagjini, has said that the likelihood is few that Kosovo's request for obtaining candidate country status is granted approval of all EU member states.

This is due to some EU member states' tough stances against any Kosovo treatment as a state on the part of European Union institutions.

“At the moment, the likelihood does not seem very large that such a demand by Kosovo for obtaining candidate country status will receive approval of all states even for the fact that the major EU states, much in the report with Kosovo, have been linked to dialogue and its success”, Gashi has said.

However, he believes the Kosovo idea of applying for EU membership is not premature.

He has said this idea should be accompanied by a lobby activity to five countries that have not recognised Kosovo as a state.

The framework for Kosovo's application for EU membership is not premature, but must be accompanied by a powerful lobby activity to five countries that have not recognised the KS so that the same do not react against this” application, he shot.

Otherwise, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, during his meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyeen, has discussed Kosovo's application for membership in the European Union, which Kurti has said this process will be completed by the end of this year.

According to him, this decision comes as a result of political and valid orientation, both of the Government and of citizens who support mass and full EU integration.

“As far as Kosovo's road towards the European Union, Prime Minister Kurti said Kosovo would apply for membership in the European Union before this year's end of”, the prime minister's office reported.

This, in addition to having been disclosed by Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, has confirmed the same with Klisman Kadiu, political adviser to Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi.

Kosovo's application to join European states will take place during December.

“We have started preparations to submit the membership application to the European Union, as a first step, with the aim of gaining candidate status. The application will be submitted this year, within December. Meanwhile, at the end of August, the Executive Commission, which is dealing with preparations for this application, has also been established. The government is taking all necessary steps in informing the EU's allies and the Czech Presidency of the objective of applying”, Cadiu has said of the Dukaagjini Portal.

The five EU member states that have not recognised Kosovo are Spain, Romania, Slovakia, Cyprus and Greece.

Kosovo has applied for membership in the Council of Europe on 12 May. So far it has become a member of several international organisations, including the most important financial and sports ones.

Kosovo is a member of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Customs Organisation, the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), the annual Court of Arbitrazhi, the World Football Federation, the European Football Federation, the Olympic Committee.

On the other hand, Kosovo is not a member of the United Nations Organisation, NATO, European Union, Council of Europe, World Trade Organisation, World Health Organisation, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, International Crime Police Organisation (INTERPOL), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Agency (UNESCO)