2 hours agoDelawi: Shame Serbia unwilling to sign agreement with Kosovo
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Former American Ambassador to Kosovo Greg Delaway has said it is good that there is agreement between the parties in Brussels' dialogue on the proposal for normalising European Union-backed relations. Despite that, he has said Serbia is not ready to sign the agreement, and according to him it is [...]
Despite that, he has said Serbia is not ready to sign the agreement and, according to him, it is shameful, broadcasts the Kosovo Clan.
Each meeting during which Kosovo and Serbian leaders are treated as equal is a positive step. There seems to be a verbal agreement for the EU proposal, which is good. Serbia, however, is not ready to sign the agreement, which seems shameful”, Delawie has told the “American Office”, interpreting the outcome of talks between Kosovo negotiators and Serbia, Albin Kurti and Aleksander Vuciq.
European Union diplomacy chief Josep Borrell last night after the meeting has said progress has been made in the talks, but that additional efforts must be made to implement what has been agreed on.
Jennifer Bachus, a retired American diplomat, has compared the European Union's approach to dialogue with Kosovo and Serbia to what she described, the civil protection programme from the former Yugoslav president's era, Josip Broz Tito.
“Although the programme was designed to prepare Yugoslavia for the post-Tito era, I believe it can adapt to EU policy towards Serbia. Its officials may have been surprised by Serbia's continued incompatibility and its irrational stubbornness caused by regret”, the former American diplomat has said.
In addition, it has shown the signals coming from Kosovo.
“They may also be surprised at the continuing resistance of Prime Minister Kurti, who seems not ready to sacrifice sovereignty after a bloody war that left behind 10,000 victims and a million displaced Kosovo citizens. It seems that the area for dialogue has remained uneven”, she said.
The former American ambassador has recalled that the issue of the Association of Serb-run municipalities is the solution that has been current since international representative Martti Ahtisaari's plan since 2007.
Kosovo has accepted it ten years ago. It will have to be implemented in accordance with the Kosovo Constitution and with the consensus that its goal is to benefit Kosovo Serbs. And not the government of Serbia”.
The most important thing is that Serbia joins most of the rest of the world and recognises Kosovo as an independent state, paving the way for it to become a member of the United Nations. As well as give up the threat of violence in resolving disputes with Kosovo”, Delawie has said.
