Italy has a message for Kosovo Government before reciprocity postponed with Serbia comes into force

This has been repeated by Italian Ambassador to Pristina Antonello De Riu, in a proposal for the Italian news agency “Noova” over tensions occurring yesterday between the two countries due to entry into force, delayed for a month, the two measures imposed by the Kosovo government: car license and temporary documents for citizens of Serbian ethnicity.

De Rheu stresses that Italy welcomes Pristina's “decision to give Serbian citizens a longer period of time, more aware that the measures in question, as the EU envoy for dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, are completely legitimate under previous Brussels agreements. ”

Also, the ambassador advises that Kosovo authorities “make all efforts to communicate clearly to citizens living in the north, new procedures for the entry and exit of people and vehicles, providing an appropriate time for their implementation”.

Italy's Ambassador to Kosovo Antonello De Riu
Once, he stresses that Pristina and Belgrade truly engage to ensure that the free movement of their respective citizens is secured in line with the principles of the European Union, where both countries want to join.

Finally, the chief of the diplomatic mission underlines the need to reduce tensions, as in Kosovo just these days the message of peace reaches through Sunny Hill Festival, from August 4th to August 7th with the promotion of singer Doo Lipa, where Italian singer Mahmud will take part.

“Nisma has also been done with the subx1> support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy and the Embassy and thousands of young people coming from the Balkan region countries and the rest of Europe”, Ambassador De Riu concluded.