13 minutes agoDelivering Kurt for license: What effect did his stubbornness have on us so far
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Tonight, after over 5 hours of talks between Besnik Bislim and Petar Petkovikiki in Brussels, with the mediation of Miroslav Lajcak, an agreement was reached, saying Serbia stops leaving license plates with the appointments of Kosovo cities, and on the other hand, Kosovo stops all actions about registering vehicles in RKS. In a word, the license plate [...]
We do not withdraw from legal rights, it is Prime Minister Albin Kurti's most common statement every time asked about the license issue, which, although technical issues, has become a major problem between the two sides now and several months, writes Periscopi.
In addition to resistance, the Kurti Government went and scaled that decision, listing phases of fine rebuking, continuing further. America and the EU immediately urged the postponement of the decision for 10 months, but Kurti decided not to listen. As a result, the Allies expressed disappointment. So what happened...
- Reports of EU America.
The United States of America said that along with the international factor, it is called on by the Government of Kosovo to extend the deadline for reregistering cars that have license plates issued by Serbia and convert them to RKS RKS license plates.
The United States is disappointed and concerned that the Government of Kosovo has rejected the demands of international partners to do so”, the US State Department statement said.
The US earlier had indicated that it is its demand and that the European Union for Kosovo to extend the deadline for reregistering for ten months.
The same disappointment was expressed by the European Union. But Joseph Borrell's statement was sealed this week.
He has said he will announce EU member states, for failing to comply with obligations from the parties, adding that “this applies especially to Kosovo.
“I will inform the EU member states, foreign ministers and our partners of non-constructive behaviour of the parties and a complete lack of respect for their international legal obligations, and this is especially valid for Kosovo. This sends a very negative political signal” said Borrell.
-Examination of the visa liberalisation process
The proposal for visa liberalisation for Kosovo, which envisions free movement no further than January 1st 2024, was removed from the agenda of today's meeting of ambassadors of EU member states.
The reasons for this are political and related to the situation in northern Kosovo.
“due to political developments in northern Kosovo, to have this point on the Coreper agenda [the ambassador's staff] is not ideal”, the Czech EU Presiscend said in announcing the postponement.
-Resigning Serbs from institutions
Political and institutional representatives of northern Kosovo Serbs, after the extraordinary meeting held in Zvecan, have decided to abandon all Kosovo institutions, including the Assembly, Government, judiciary, police and municipalities.
According to them, this decision is valid until official Pristina withdraws decisions, as they called them unilateral, for license plates and others, as well as to honour Brussels' agreements.
-Determination requirements.
Serbian List Chairman Goran Rakic said Serbs through resignations are defending the Brussels agreement.
According to him, Serbs do not want to threaten anyone, but only want to meet all of Brussels' agreements, including the formation of Association, as well as the withdrawal of decisions, as he called them unilateral, the decision on license plates, etc.
Of course, the same request is repeated, not alone. America and the EU both.
- New elections in the north, so budget spending
As a result of the resignations, extraordinary elections in Serbian municipalities are soon expected, which makes the country's budget go ahead.
EU envoy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue Miroslav Lajcak has also spoken of reaching the agreement.
” Thank Besnik Bissim and Petar Petkov for their constructive engagement. A great appreciation for the US Department and diplomacy for invaluable support”, Lajcak wrote on Twitter. ”
After hours, we have reached our target: we have an agreement. Now intense full normalisation talks can begin”.
The Kosovo and Serbian parties have reached agreement regarding the plates, EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell has initially confirmed.
“I am pleased to announce that the chief negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia, under the ease of the EU, have agreed on the measures, to avoid further escalation and to concentrate fully on the proposal for normalising relations between them”, Borrell wrote on Twitter.
Serbia will stop issuing plates with the appointments of Kosovo cities, and Kosovo will interrupt further actions regarding the reregistering of vehicles. I will invite the parties in the coming days to discuss the next steps. I thank special representative Miroslav Lajcak and the parties for their hard work”, he added further.
The two states' chief negotiators have met in Brussels on Wednesday at a meeting that has lasted more than six hours, on the last day of the additional deadline for the agreement on license, before Kosovo starts punishing drivers with illegal license plates on cars./ P ERISCOPI/
