9 minutes agoVuciq: There is no way that the license plate case is resolved before September 1st.
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, said he sees no possibility that the issue of license plates with Kosovo will be resolved before September 1st, and added that he believes Kosovo will most likely start the campaign to reregister Serbia's license plates. I don't think there's going to be much success in this [...]
I don't think there's going to be much success in this matter. Even though Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said in Brussels he would be successful and that Serbs would be interested in changing plates. Let's see, it's a process that will last. There is no chance of this issue being resolved before September 1st”, Vuciq said on Tuesday, August 30th.
Following the mediation of representatives of the United States and the European Union, on 27 August Kosovo and Serbia reached agreement on the issue of identity documents. However, Pristina's decision to reregister cars using Serbia's license plates is expected to take effect on September 1st.
Like the decision of the entry and exit documents and the license plates were rejected by local Serbs, who erected barricades in northern Kosovo.
It is estimated that 10,000 acronym plates of Kosovo cities like PZ, KM, PR, UR and similar are circulated in the Serb-inhabited north.
Kosovo government has argued that citizens will have two months to reregister cars at the license plate RKS- Republic of Kosovo. Serbia has proposed that Serbs in the north be equipped with KS license plates that have neutral status towards Kosovo citizenship, but Kurti has rejected this proposal.
Vuciq said it remains to be seen whether there will be any changes after the Balkan countries' summit and Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan's visit, and several other European representatives, but added that he seems to be currently unable to progress.
“has no desire in Pristina to discuss rational solutions and compromise solutions. Maybe it's just me, maybe the Europeans know better”, he said.
Vuciq added that Serbia is “always on the side of international law in all international cases and disputes”. He said Belgrade's only official policy is respect for the UN Charter and all international resolutions.
Meanwhile, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, during an interview with Radio Free Europe, said 29 August that the issue of license plates is the most difficult to resolve. However, he added, it remains <x0-optimistic” as far as it is possible to solve this problem.
