2 minutes agoAfter a wave of tension, war statements: Stoltenberg meets Kurt, Vucinqi in Brussels
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The weeks we are leaving behind are marked by tensions and declarations of possible war with Serbia. Prime Minister Kurti made a fuss not only in the country's media but also abroad for saying that we risk war, writes Periscope. Statements that also received responses from Vuciqi prompted the NATO chief himself to react. Jens [...]
Meanwhile, Chief of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, will hold separate meetings in Brussels with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq.
These meetings will be held just one day before the new round of dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, mediated by the European Union.
According to NATO's military alliance media announcement, Stoltenberg will first meet with Vucinqi and then with Kurti.
After each separate meeting, media conferences are also envisioned. The meeting in Brussels with Stoltenberg will be held three weeks after tensions increase in northern Kosovo.
Local Serbs on July 31st and August 1st blocked roads leading to the border crossings -- Jarinje and Brnjak -- linking Kosovo and Serbia -- to express their opposition to Pristina's decisions on Serbian license plates and documents.
On July 31st, NATO said its mission to Kosovo, KFOR was prepared to intervene should stability be jeopardised in the country. The alliance's chief, Stoltenberg, made the same statement during a conversation he held with Vucinqi on August 3rd.
But, after the intervention of the United States and the EU, the Kosovo government said it would postpone implementing decisions for 30 days, when the established barricades were removed and the barricades were removed on the afternoon of August 1st.
Meanwhile, on 18 August, according to the invitation sent by EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell, in the round of dialogue will be discussed for “all open issues” between Kosovo and Serbia. But, the EU has not yet provided details about the agenda.
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, in an interview given to REL, said that in the new round of talks he will not discuss the two decisions that were rejected by local Serbs. The document decision has to do with issuing a document of entry and exit for all citizens of Serbia entering Kosovo. This practice, Serbia applies to Kosovo citizens for 11 years.
What's the entry/exit document?
Meanwhile, the second decision concerns reregistering Kosovo city license plates issued by Serbia. Targets such as KM, PZ, and similar are used in Serb-run northern Kosovo and are considered illegal by Pristina.
Kurti and Vuciq have last met in the Brussels dialogue last July. Days earlier, Serbian president declared he is sceptical that any results could be achieved at August 18th meeting
