Kurti: If Serbia loves association strongly, let it recognise Kosovo's independence

Prime Minister Albin Kurti has said that if Serbia loved the Association of Serbian municipalities, it would recognise Kosovo's independence.

That's what Kurt said in the Assembly today about Association:

The association of Serb majority municipalities is signed by my predecessor in Brussels.

There are generally 33 agreements in Brussels. It is unfair to the negotiation process and Kosovo, for one of them to withdraw as the main one.

There is no document that says one is more important than the other.

I saw these all at point 4 of the overall framework of the deal.

There is a new initiative of an EU proposal, supported by France, Germany backed by the US, where the treatment of previous agreements is envisioned.

It's unfair, to draw association as a special agreement.

It's about two years soon that there's tectonic shift of access to dialogue.

It is no longer recognition of Kosovo's independence meant at the end of the process, but it is clearly said to be at the heart of the agreement.

It would be very wrong, to extract the association as special.

It has been ratified in the Kosovo Assembly, but Serbia has not ratified that agreement.

I believe that our best approach, both valuable and strategic, is that when it comes to the rights of non-US communities, we ask thus, why the Ahtisaari Plan is not enough, they should show why it is not enough.

Those who want more, they should tell us why the Nobel Peace Prize winner has made a mistake?

This is how I put the issue in these discussions and I said it earlier, if Serbia wanted association, the first thing it would do would be to accept Kosovo's independence.

Not if you love Association hard, you know independence.

We don't need it, they don't want it, we don't have to prioritize it so much. / P ERISCOPIA