Havenier: US Has Full Trust in EU, Lajcak and Borrell

So stated US Ambassador to Pristina Jeffrey Havenier, during a speech given at the second edition of the Peace and Democracy Summit being held in Pristina.

“The US has full trust in the EU in its dialogue mediation, the US has full confidence in [EU High Representative Josep] Borrell and the special representative [for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav] Lajcak, as objective implementers of this” policy, said Hovenier.

Hownier's statement comes two days after Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti addressed the prosecution against Lajcak, who named him a unilateral mediator.

Kurti said there seemed to be a co-ordination between Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, and Lajcak for, as he said, the creation of an alternative “skenar, where half of the agreement applies”.

He said that at this meeting, where Kosovo prime minister presented a plan for implementing the Agreement towards normalisation, which he said was rejected by the EU and Serbia, Lajcak “positioned” against Kosovo.

It's important that all actors in this operation, in this process, accept the process in which they are and play poker with the letters they have dropped. And have this vision in mind, work on normalising reports, on full implementation of the Ohrid and Anex Agreement, on both sides, which is our reception, is the way ahead. This brings Kosovo closer to the vision we share for full integration into Euro-Atlantic structures”, Hovenier said on September 20th.

The European Union on September 19th said it does not comment Kurti's statements, which according to the bloc contains unbased “acles”. EU spokesman Peter Stano said Lajcak and Borrell European dialogue mediators have supported EU member states. / REL/