EU: False claim to give up proposal for normal relations

European Union for Foreign Policy and Security spokesman Peter Stano has said on Monday that it is false whatever claim the European Union is giving up the proposal for normalising relations between Kosovo and Serbia, which, according to him, is supported by Germany, France and the United States.

He has made those statements after Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq have reached no agreement on the license issue at an emergency meeting called by the European Union in Brussels.

Prime Minister Kurti has said the European Union's proposal on the issue of Serbian illegal plates has been unacceptable, and that European Union mediators “have resigned from their proposal for normalising relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

According to him, the EU proposal, that Kosovo not begin with the pronunciation of fines, and that Serbia does not issue new license plates for Kosovo Serbs, is unacceptable “if it is not agreed urgently to engage in final agreements for normalisation of relations”.

European Union Lieutenant Josep Borrell has placed responsibility especially on the Kosovo side for failing to reach the agreement.

Stano has said that the “European Union continues to be fully behind this proposal is encouraging the parties to comply with the text once the international community is ready for European solution”.

The “is currently key for the parties to avoid escalation, requiring immediate action by both sides Kosovo will not pronounce fines and Serbia will not issue KM (Kosovo's Mitrovica). There can be no negotiations for normalising relations with the presence of a threat to violence”.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq has said after the meeting that the Serbian side will respect “calla and requirements” of the European top diplomat, Borrell, who brokered the talks.