a minute agoDetails from Brussels: What did Kurti and Vucic learn about, why did Escobar get upset with Kosovo's prime minister?
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Several weeks of preparation, NATO preparations, US engagement and five hours of talks were not productive enough to reach any agreement between Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq. Where are the parties stuck? What is considered work done so far between Kosovo and Serbia? Why is the American emissary unhappy? Although [...]
Although expectations were for some agreement, when EU High Representative Josep Borrell was announced in the afternoon, he said today's meeting was <x0normal” and was called “for crisis management”.
As it turns out, it has been discussed today on open issues, which parties have agreed to. The hopes of European Union mediators are to hold another meeting, before September 1st, when the Kosovo government has pledged to bring into force the reciprocity decision with license plates and documents issued by Serbia.
The newspaper Express learns that “elimination of white letters” -- that is, the ones given in Serbia when a Kosovo citizen enters its territory -- are obstacles that are being overcome in these talks.
On July 31st, the situation was tense a few hours before the decision, with which Kosovo, such as Serbia, was to equip Serbian citizens with a “input/ex1> document. Also, the illegally issued license plates from Serbia for Kosovo would no longer be allowed.
This case, according to information, there is no going back. Mediators support the Kosovo government's decision.
“Intermediators and parties consider the issue of the license plates to be closed, therefore Serbs should take over Kosovo plates”, a source has told Gazette Express.
In addition to the two European Union representatives attending today's meeting in Brussels, Gabriel Escobar, the US's engagement for Kosovo dialogue, Serbia, has also written.
It is learned that the American emissary is dissatisfied with Kurt, since, according to one source, at a meeting with Blinken has shown a lack of acceptance with the document on the agreement on the missing. The deal for the missing, negotiated by Skender Hyseni, was considered a “deal concluded”.
Borrell said today after the 5-hour meeting, that there is no agreement, but his hopes are to have more meetings before September 1st.
We don't have a deal today, but this is not the end. Both leaders have agreed that the process needs to continue and that discussions will resume in the coming days. There's still until September. I don't give up”, Borrell said.
The EU High Representative said Kurti and Vuciq have had the opportunity to expand views regarding the comprehensive agreement.
