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Germany's Ambassador to Kosovo, Jorn Rohde and France's Olivier Guerot last night have been talking about many issues dealing with between Kosovo, their countries and the EU. The last situation in the north and association were among the main topics. France's Ambassador to Kosovo, Olivier Guerot, said in HINA RTK Prime is going [...]
France's Ambassador to Kosovo, Olivier Guerot, said in HINA RTK Prime) that it would be reconciled and look a little pale or tense, but according to him, leaders who manage to see the broader mirror even beyond the current crisis, what is the strategic goal of how to get there.
“We are ambassadors in the Republic of Kosovo and have the mutual strategic goal, normalising relations with Serbia, he said, adding that there is a way that is clearly defined with the agreements in Brussels and Ohrid.
He said it is not easy for Kosovo to take some steps even in the sense of association.
“Sic said, when employed in the EU, means there are compromises every day. When Kosovo is in the EU, you will report on difficult daily discussions in Brussels, but eventually compromise is reached”, he said, according to which 27 countries -- the US and Great Britain -- are saying the same thing that they are seeking.
I don't think we're wrong. Work in the EU has to do with knowing when the other side should be heard, when you get rid of your position, or even the surrender of sovereignty with certain measures in the EU”.
Meanwhile, German Ambassador Rohde, speaking of measures taken against the Government of Kosovo, confirmed that several meetings have been postponed.
The “should not enter the depth, but I do not want to talk about the relationship being cooled, but to talk about relations that will improve, and in that direction we need some steps from the Kosovo Government”, Germany's ambassador said.
He said these steps are expected from the EU, the US and Great Britain.
I also want to say that the wise policy for me is that one of the difficult steps for Kosovo is the foundation of association and now we have some proposals. Albania's prime minister has also made a proposal. But the most important actor in this space is the Government of Kosovo”, he said, asking why it does not offer a statute proposal in line with the Kosovo Constitution, which meets Government requirements.
“They are hired and it is not the wise policy to do anything. The association is part of Brussels and Ohrid agreements, and the parties have said that it will be established and that it is Kosovo's task”, the German ambassador said.
He added that it should then be seen even Serbia's prospects for undoing parallel structures and there would be permanent solutions instead of these continuing clashes.
We wanted permanent solutions and compromises, and Serbia must compromise, and I believe that this is the beauty of the European proposal, which offers very important things for both sides, and especially for Kosovo, because it is de-facto recognition, and there can be no more campaigns against Kosovo for recognition of membership in all organisations”.
Rohde said he doesn't see a choice, and unless compromises are made, it will be difficult. But now the situation is very disturbing because there is a risk of further passing the situation to get out of control”.
And France's Ambassador Olivier Guerot said he would very much like to comment on Kosovo's proposal for an Association statute, not others' proposals.
“This is the missing piece of”, he said. According to him, Kosovo belongs to the EU and enlargement must move forward.
Vice President Macron gave the important speech in Bratislava and as future EU members, we want Kosovo to be a functional state because the idea of an association is related to the fears that are rather destructive in relation to citizenship”, the French ambassador said.
“We don't want Kosovo to be dysfunctional”, Guerot said.
“We have helped create this country and see it as an EU member and we want it to be functional as state”.
He said there are already proposals that have been put on the table, and the association should be on the table so that municipalities can be helped to provide services.
The 2013 and 2015 agreements provide for the Constitutional Court to review the statute, and we say that for several times, but it is left to Kosovo to make proposals, and Kosovo will do so in line with its” Constitution.
He said why there should not be a proposal from Kosovo on which it can be commented. There are ways to do this and so that the association will be useful to the population very often we forget the ordinary people who want to have normal life”.
France's Ambassador Olivier Guerot said the association will be for services that will be offered to people, not to make dysfunctional citizenship. It is possible for the Kosovo government to make such a proposal”.
Further in this interview, Germany's Ambassador Jorn Rohde, questioned where the relations between Kosovo and Germany are at, he said they are not on the rise now.
“Hopefully the Government of Kosovo listens to good friends and I'm not just talking about our countries that we represent here. Our leaders have written paperwork asking Kosovo to listen and it is not good to walk only”, he said.
Rohde recalled that since 1999, they have been alongside Kosovo. “German has given a push to the Council of Europe vote too, so this too is part of these” efforts, he said.
Germany's ambassador asked how Kosovo can make progress even with non-connocious countries when there is a cooling of reports with other countries.
This is not the way to go and we have to be brought back. I hope that Kosovo will hear us”, he said, adding that it is not only about what France and Germany say, but the EU with its 27 member states.
Rohde confirmed he's having a cool relationship right now. When demand is made and not heard, this normally does not warm relationships. What we need is a kind of manhood, not war until the end of”.
He said their advice is for the parties to speak, not to press charges against each other. “We're seeing a ping-pong game and what we need is constructive engagement and that's the immediate need”.
In turn, France's ambassador expressed confidence that the Kosovo government would actually be able to hear more and be less lonely. We have been Kosovo's best friends since long and will remain Kosovo's best friends”, he said.
However, it is good to be together and to be heard in a mutual manner as in the EU, since there are differences, which we very often have differences, resolve differences by talking to each other and making compromises”.
He said the EU has to do with uniting sovereigntys and joint work.
My “country, France, then Germany, we see Kosovo's country in the EU anyway, and for that it requires mutual hearing and compromise”.
Meanwhile, Germany's ambassador, questioned whether Prime Minister Kurti had meetings with him, was told that “is only”, he confirmed that.
We must have expressed our opinion to him. We told him that you should listen to the advice of your friends, and that's made public”, he said.
Rohde said he hopes he can reach “the same frequency”.
He said the sooner that happens, the better because the situation where there is a nearly daily transition can escalate beyond control.
We have a war on Europe that requires greater attention. We have climate change”, he said, recalling that the EU consists of 27 states where daily compromise is required.
“compromis is in our DNA. Citizens need stability, security and clarity: German ambassador said.
He added that Kosovo is only because if you have a request from the EU to take some steps to de-pass, and you don't listen to those advice, nor does the US that has the same demand, as does the secretary NATO, then this is the advice they can offer. “/De-spass is possible”.
Ambassadors: Kosovo sanctions, but report contraction
Asked how to call it the taking of three Kosovo police officers on the part of Serbia, until in public discourse and statements by Kosovo officials, what has happened is called kidnapping and kidnapping and how they name it, the German ambassador said that is a question that is not a key issue.
The main question is that these policemen will return and the Government of Kosovo has said this and does not matter what we say, while the Government of Serbia says otherwise. What needs to be asked as a question is what is the political will to be done to resolve this vital issue and to the benefit of the three police officers”, the German ambassador to Kosovo said.
According to him, the unconditional release of police is required. I must now be fundamental to international relations where one side says one thing and another, something else, then I refer to what it said. KFOR and that they have not been there”, Rohde said. According to him, KFOR has refrained from deciding exactly what happened.
He even set an example in implying how the occasion took place may never be officially determined. When the NordStreem gas pipeline exploded, there was no definition of what happened correctly because it could be difficult”, he said.
But according to him, the political issue is important. Kosovo and Serbia must sit down and talk about this”, Germany's ambassador said.
He said it's good to know where the police take took place, but he doesn't have that clarity, leading to the issue of association.
The association of municipalities is part of the signed agreement package agreement and Kosovo's obligation since 2013 and 2015. Six governments have been changed and nothing has been done”, he said.
“I am ambassador to Kosovo and I expect Kosovo to act and the same is required by our ambassador to Serbia”.
For his part, France's ambassador was asked about “sanctions” The EU towards Kosovo. “I would not mention the word sanctions in any way nor with or without fingernails. Our leaders in the declaration have referred to the negative consequences”, he said.
We have been friends since 1999, 2008 with recognition of independence, and when we say, I speak of all the Quint countries, neighbouring countries, within and outside the EU, such as Croatia and Slovenia that have helped greatly in this direction, in building citizenship of” services, he said.
France's ambassador said he has worked hard in this direction and has supported the hard work of Kosovo citizens.
The “and not all of these are endangered, but some of them have contracted or may be less likely because they are losing something that was very important in our relations”, he said.
“E This is mutual hearing”. France's ambassador said they have heard all Kosovo's needs at all these points he has mentioned.
We've heard and had the impression we've been heard when we had our requests. Now in recent weeks, we have the impression that less is being heard and that it would be easy to return to our mutually speaking position”.
Asked whether there was shaken partnership, he said there were times where the better relationship was, but does not believe it is difficult to return to the situation it once was.
“We have some steps to take and I believe it has to do with the beginning of real steps in starting work on building association on the road to normalising relations expected by Kosovo”.
France's ambassador said it was not absolutely impossible to do so. When this is done, I am convinced that the atmosphere will return and become better as it used to be”.
Ambassadors: Franco-German Middle Street Proposal, finally Recognition
In this interview, Jorn Rohde said he and his French colleague are ambassadors to Kosovo. This is why we deal with Kosovo. But as for Kurti's statements that pressure should be addressed to Serbia, there is pressure also on Serbia”, Rohde said, recalling that Germany's Foreign Affairs Minister also called for the unconditional release of Kosovo police members being held in Serbia.
“We have called for lowering the level of readiness of Serbia's military forces and the whole point of these last ten minutes in this interview is that we are talking about managing the current present immediate crisis, without turning to other issues such as work, justice, economic development,”, Germany's ambassador said.
According to him, trucks remain in columns on borders and people that cannot travel across the border are now being spoken of.
“Do we want this? Of course not! We saw a press release last week of the German-Kosovo Economic Ode, and economic uncertainty is toxic for economic development”, he said, under which, German companies will question the situation tomorrow.
“Tomorrow we will have conversation in the Zoo with German company managers because we are asked what is happening in Kosovo”, he said.
Whether there is a climate that is not very clear and safe, so it is not good. If we look back to the broad picture of dialogue, Germany and France, we have invested a lot, he said, clarifying that the German-French proposal adopted by the EU is the middle road, which will eventually bring full recognition.
But there are many benefits for Kosovo, and we call on the Government not to lose sight of it and immediately enter crisis management”.
Meanwhile, France's ambassador, questioned what to do with criminal groups in the country's north, said there is no tolerance of violence and there can be no punitive.
There are rules that need to be implemented to confront the issue. Normally, to arrest those responsible for the case on our own”, he said.
There is no doubt about it and we don't want any violence or perpetrators to be brought to justice”, he said.
France's ambassador to Kosovo said this should be done in such a way that it does not cause even more escalation.
“Not something that is specific for Kosovo, but police must act in a way that does not pump gasoline into another” crisis.
According to him, there is no point of tolerance toward the heads of these acts. We also have requests for Serbia to have a climate of freedom of justice and to promote participation in the elections and, as the heads of our states have said, we want participation in the elections by the Serbian population, so there must be climate that promotes participation in the elections”.
Ambassadors: It worked against our advice, and it helped the situation.
German Ambassador to Kosovo said he has not declared that Kosovo has provoked or promoted violence in the north.
On June 3rd, with the demands we have made to the Kosovo side to overcome the situation, we have applied to the Serbian side and then there have been additional incidents”, he said, adding that “was also the attack on RTK journalists, and we know that the attack was not made by Kosovo”.
According to him, when there is no de-exception of the situation, then the door opens for further passage, and this has happened, and now there are problems even at the border where people cannot go out and enter.
“What we want is a de-pass and this hasn't happened. We have called for the unconditional release of the three police officers, and last week a joint letter has been sent by France's president, Germany's Chancellor and Italy's prime minister for the Government of Kosovo, seeking to hear our advice on the de-scaling”, Germany's ambassador to Kosovo said.
He explained that in the north, there is a mayor in the municipality building and three others are not there, so the situation could be de-scalmed.
“Is further interest in journalists worth it? No! So we need a solution and we need to talk to each other, not to each other”, he said.
Rohde said that neither side so far has shown interest in de-executing and that is the need of this moment because citizens suffer.
The “has been acted against our advice and this has not helped the situation. We know the situation in the north is complex, and even Prime Minister Kurti says that the mayors who have been elected with 2% of voters there may not be adequate representation and there may be new elections”, he said.
If this is clear, then you can direct your actions elsewhere and not have the switch beyond exhalation”.
The head of German diplomacy in Kosovo said that summer holidays have now begun and the diaspora is beginning to come to Kosovo. If you have border problems, how should we minimize these things? De-pass is the thing we ask for and the parties to meet and talk about compromises, not verbal battles”.
On the other hand, asked why Prime Minister Kurti's five points for de-exception of the situation are not enough, but only the demands of QUINT ambassadors are enough, the French ambassador said there have been suggestions from many countries.
And our demands are not only the will of one or two countries, but it is the whole EU that requires this”, he said.
When 27 EU nations, Great Britain, agree in the same position, I don't believe we're wrong and I think we need to be heard”, he said.
According to France's ambassador to Kosovo, what has been suggested to Prime Minister Kurti and Serbia is de-passing, elections and then restarting dialogue for normalisation.
“The very important step that needs to be done is work on the Association statute, and that is said by President Macron and Chancellor Scholz recently in Moldova”, he said.
I don't think it's hard for the mayors to work from other locations”.
Asked by RTK why in this current situation, the issue of Association should be included, France's ambassador said he is part of the dialogue, towards implementing the agreement that is part of the agreement agreed on in Brussels and Ohrid.
So it's an important step in normalization”.
He said that when it comes to de-pass, it is short term as action and should be seen towards the future because Kosovo's present should be normalisation.
Kosovo expects to gain much in implementing the Ohrid Agreement in terms of having peaceful relations in the sense of documents, recognition of diplomas, etc.”, France's ambassador to Kosovo said.
According to him, this is important. A step expected by Kosovo is the beginning of work for the Association statute, and this is nothing new”.
He said he believes that the look from the strategic goal should not be lost, and that is normalisation. “E this we have in common as a goal for Kosovo to become normalisation of relations”.
Ambassadors: De-pass north, easily accessible
They have confirmed that now the Kosovo Government's reports with their countries have recognised marked cooling and that they seek their improvement, after Prime Minister Albin Kurti takes steps to de-progress the situation in the country's north.
According to them, it is easy to do that by removing the mayors from the buildings, and for them to work from other countries, until the upcoming elections that should be held in four Serb-run municipalities.
Germany's Ambassador Jorn Rohde said the situation in northern Kosovo is not satisfactory and that there have been clashes.
“When we haven't had dialogue and now is the most important time for Kosovo and Serbia to meet very soon for the de-ekaguel” situation, Rohde said, under which, the “she knows is that a meeting invitation has been made in Brussels”.
Let's see what happens in the next few days, so I can't say anything more”.
For his part, France's Ambassador Olivier Guerot declared that the situation in northern Kosovo is far from satisfactory.
We must return immediately to the reason for the current crisis that we have and that it was the Kosovo Government's decision to enter the municipality's “facilities, Guerre said in “RTK Prime”.
He said he knows this has been the problem of low citizens being elected and which, according to him, was a disaster because elections were necessary because of the mayors' resignation.
“E that even their resignations were disasters and we all said that, but now we have to make efforts to resolve the” situation, he said.
“As we've said several times, it has to be de-exception of the situation which is not late”.
Guerot said the Kosovo government knows what it is required to do. He said the steps are not that difficult to take, as municipal mayors must leave the buildings and police in the north not be in the vicinity or around the facilities.
These are measures that should not be so difficult to implement and we urge the parties to take these” actions.
Asked about the fact that only the mayor of Leposaviqi is in the municipality building, while others are not, and why in these other three municipalities there is no suspension of the situation by local Serbs, the French ambassador indicated he agrees with this agreement.
So we talk about one or two people in objects and this would be an easy step to take, but the current situation has led to a escalation and there's an important step to take and people to relax and live normal”.












