Citaku: Kurt brought agreement without mutual recognition

However, you see, international relations professor Seb Bytyci, who stresses that through last night's agreement on the EU proposal, Serbia recognises Kosovo defacto.
Citaku tells Kosovo that Kurti from a legally binding and inclusive agreement with Serbia that brings mutual recognition reached an agreement that did not include either.

This agreement unfortunately fails to meet the expectations of Kosovo citizens and the demands of the Republic of Kosovo in 2023. There have been more than three to four years since the White House through successive letters has called on Kosovo institutions to engage sincerely and seriously in the dialogue process in order to reach a comprehensive, legally binding agreement with mutual recognition at the centre. Unfortunately, the adventured behaviour of the prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo in the past six months has produced a document like the one we had yesterday that is neither legally binding nor is it a comprehensive agreement with mutual recognition at centre”, she points out.

According to Chitak, under Article seven of the agreement, Kurti accepts the founding of the Serb majority municipalities' Association, as well as according to what is extremely disturbing to discuss the statute of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo.

Whatever he saw in the document is a text with many doubles, each side will interpret in its own way, and the only relevant elements were the ones dealing with previous agreements.
The obligation to implement all preliminary agreements, as well as a new element dealing with the status of the Serbian Orthodox Church. In a word we are dealing with the opening of the Ahtisaari Pacos, but this opening is becoming only unilateral”, she adds.

But, international relations professor Seb Bytyci says the agreement creates a new moment in Kosovo-Serbia relations. He adds that through the same, Serbia recognises Kosovo, it according to him enables the country to use a new approach, where the European Union will seek Serbia's de-jure recognition of Kosovo if it wants to join the EU.

The accord generally creates a new moment in relations between Kosovo and Serbia. Brings recognition defacto from Serbia meaning that Kosovo can adopt a new approach, abandon the old approach Kosovo has made compromises following de-jure recognition from Serbia. Now Kosovo has the comfort of saying it cannot make more compromises by pursuing a de-jure recognition and it will be the European Union that will ask Serbia to recognise Kosovo's de-jure if it wants to join the EU”, he declares.

On Monday, Prime Minister Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq met in Brussels to discuss the European proposal. Although the dialogue mediator, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, said the parties have agreed in principle on this proposal, there was no signature.

Kurti said he was willing to sign the plan, but that it was not Vuciqi, meanwhile, Borrell stressed that the parties have indicated ready to discuss the implementation of the plan as well, until he warned another meeting in March.