39 minutes agoGermany repeats: Request for sending Serbia's forces to Kosovo, totally unacceptable
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)After the latest situation created in northern Kosovo Republic, Serbia was even officially addressed NATO is required to deploy 1,000 troops in Kosovo on the pretext that the Serb people living in the north “need protection”. By KFOR yesterday they have said they are still reviewing that requirement [...]
By KFOR yesterday, they have said they are still reviewing Serbia's request, meanwhile, from the German Embassy in Kosovo in an answer to Gazeta Express, that German diplomacy chief Annalena Baerbox has been posting since December that such a demand of Serbia for sending military forces to Kosovo is completely unacceptable.
“Sic has publicly declared Foreign Minister Baherbox on Twitter on December 11th 2022: “Proposal for sending Serb forces to Kosovo is totally unacceptable...”, said by the German Embassy in Pristina.
On the other hand, the German Embassy in Pristina stresses that the official Berlin position is that the only way to avoid tensions and eventually normalise reports between Kosovo and Serbia is dialogue.
They also stress that normalising the reports is a prerequisite for membership in the European Union for both Kosovo and Serbia. For this reason, point out that Germany fully supports Slovak emissary Miroslav Lajcak's efforts to further facilitate the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue.
The ongoing “dialogue is the only way to avoid tensions and eventually normalise relations between Kosovo and Serbia. It is also a prerequisite for their future EU membership. Germany therefore fully supports all EU Special Representative Lajcak's efforts in facilitating further dialogue.”, their response concludes.
The German stance on Serb demand has hampered Serbia's leadership, who have been reluctant to attack German officials, including Germany's ambassador to Pristina, Jorn Rohde. Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vucic, had named the German diplomat “anti-Serbian”.
The situation in the north of the Republic of Kosovo is currently calm since after a political agreement brokered by Brussels and Washington has reached reconciliation for removing barricades, since Kosovo has given international guarantees that the list of people of barricades to be arrested.
Meanwhile, KFOR had come up with a communique that the Kosovo Security Force could go north of the Republic of Kosovo only after the preliminary approval by KFOR commander.
To resume dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia this month, Scholz and Macro advisers are expected to land in Kosovo, along with American State Department envoy for the Western Balkans Gabriel Escobar.
In the joint communiqué that has issued the EU and the US at the end, it has been pointed out that Kosovo and Serbia must fulfil all agreements reached in the dialogue. Such a thing for Express is being re-excited by the US State Department, saying the agreements reached in the dialogue must be fully and without delay.
