Ohrid Agreement, Austrian President: Gurthemel in process of normalising relations between Kosovo, Serbia

He praised the priority this dialogue has for Kosovo and Serbia, as well as the fact that the two countries are aware that without agreement they cannot be part of the EU.

I just support what President Begaj said, negotiations in Ohrid and how to call it now, under the direction of Mr. Borrell or with his participation, I think it could be a fundamental stone in the process of... let's not call it reconciliation, but in the process of normalising relations between Kosovo and Serbia. As you know, there was actually some kind of agreement, but in the absence of an official signing by participants from presidents”.

This is certainly an approach to this process that should not be underestimated. In fact, I've seen it closely because we have President Vuciq and then Kosovo's president in Alpsah in Austria who've had conversations together. Since then, it has been a great advantage to speak directly to each other even though there were no concrete results, but the parties talked closely together. Dialogue between these countries is certainly difficult, but both are aware that without agreement on both sides, the two countries will have no future towards the European Union”, Van der Bellen said.