President of Hungary: We will do everything we can to get Kosovo visa liberalisation

At the joint conference, after meeting with Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani, she said her country wants to play an active role in ensuring peace and that their goal is stability “as well as not to this war in Europe”.

The “has spent 20 years since the end of the Balkan wars, is not far enough, while now we have the war in Ukraine and it is extremely important that this war avoids Europe”, Novak said.

While Osmani said he hopes there will be visa liberalisation during the Czech presidency.

According to her, that the time has come for relations with Kosovo and the European Union to rise to a higher level, and that according to her, “Kosovo will apply for candidate country status” this year.

Novak before Pristina has been on official visits to Bucharest, Belgrade and Zagreb.

During the Brdo-Brioni Process summit on 12 September, Slovenia's president, Borut Pahor, called on the European Union to offer Kosovo visa liberalisation.

According to him, this call is also part of the conclusions that were adopted after Monday's summit.

Unlike all Western Balkan countries, Kosovo is the only one without visa liberalisation with the EU.

Kosovo has received dozens of criteria, even additional ones, which, according to both sides, have been met. However, by 2018, EU states have not reached reconciliation to enable Kosovars free movement.

Large reserves have especially expressed France and the Netherlands.

Currently, Kosovo has only a Stabilisation and Association Agreement - (MSA) signed with the EU.

This contractual agreement, the only one between Kosovo and the European Union, was signed in 2014, as it entered into force in 2016.