Serbian elections, O SEU: At present there are conditions for Serbs to vote in Kosovo

Elections in Serbia are approaching, while Kosovo Serbs who also have Serbian citizenship will not be able to vote within Kosovo territory without a preliminary agreement between the two countries. Days earlier Prime Minister Albin Kurti has stated that the request should come directly from Serbia as an interested party. While analysts say it is good to find modalities in line with laws in Kosovo.

Even though Serbia's government has demanded from O mission The SEU in Kosovo, to be included in the collection of votes of Kosovo residents with two citizenships, for elections in Serbia, this cannot be realised unless there is a separate agreement between Kosovo and Serbia. The request for such an agreement should come from Serbia, as the interested party”, Prime Minister Albin Kurti declared days ago, adding that “any request should be based on the sovereignty and independence of Kosovo”.

In Kosovo Radio Question to O Mission The SEU in Kosovo, if ready for the process of collecting Kosovo Serbs' votes, and if it has asked the Kosovo government to allow Kosovo Serbs to participate in Serbia's elections, voting within their Kosovo settlements, in response this mission reportedly needs consensus on the issue.

“Mission also needs support from Kosovo institutions, and the main one is the need for security from the Kosovo Police, as the first security provider. At the moment, these conditions do not exist”, the OSCE's response to Pristina says.

And if Kosovo government has had a request from O mission The SEU in Kosovo to allow Serbian citizens to vote within Kosovo's territory, government spokesman Progress Kryeziu, through an electronic response to Radio Kosovo, has said Serbia's earlier meeting with OSCE Ambassador to Kosovo, and QUINT ambassadors have also been discussed at the request of O The SEU for holding elections on the territory of the Republic of Kosovo. At these meetings, Prime Minister Kurti has said an interstate agreement is necessary and that the demand for such an agreement should come from Serbia as an interested party.

While political analyst Artan Muhhaxhiri told Radio Kosovo it would be good for Prime Minister Kurti to find a modalisation to offer voting to the Serb minority, but by respecting the Kosovo Constitution.

This should be done by respecting the laws of constitutionality and the political will of the Government of Kosovo. In fact, in the past this process has not been problematic. But, even now because of the delicate momentum of the dialogue process and for a kind of negative change in Serbia's approach to Kosovo and dialogue in general, then even circumstances have changed”, Muhramiri said.

The international community has repeatedly called on the Kosovo government to find ways to hold Serbian elections. Keeping parliamentary elections in Serbia occurs at a time when the entire international community is making efforts to normalise Kosovo-Serbia relations through dialogue facilitated by the European Union.