Kurti: I was willing to sign, but Serbia rejected the 21 October proposal and draft

Prime Minister Albin Kurti through a post on the X platform has said Vuciq had no readiness to sign the accepted proposal on 21 October.

I met with President Macron, Prime Minister Melon, Chancellor Scholz, European Council President Charles Michel, EU foreign policy chief Borrell and Special Representative for Dieclog Lajcak”, Kurti wrote.

I thanked everyone for their efforts. Kosovo has approved its Base Agreement and Annex, which is a work for Kosovo and the EU. I stressed that after the September 24th terrorist attacks, the importance of Kosovo's security is paramount, as is the holding of Serbia accountable”, he said.

Prime Minister Kurti said only signing agreements with the neighbouring country guarantees their implementation.

Kosovo has accepted and adopted the Constitutional Agreement, and I offered to sign today together with the EU proposal on October 21st. Despite my offer, Serbia refused to sign the agreement and draft October 21st. Rather, she requested a side letter that would annul three principles of the Constitutional Agreement, Anex and the October 21st proposal. The admission means signing, and signing guarantees accession and implementation”, Kurti wrote.

On 21 October, the five Western emissaries brought the draft to Kosovo and Serbia.