He was highly praised by the UN, Lajcak meets with Escobar Chollet: We have the same reading of the situation in the Balkans, we are on a line

Lajcak said after the meeting it is always useful to reconfirm that the US and the EU share the same reading of the situation in the Western Balkans.

“Always useful and reconfirm that we share the same reading of the situation in the Western Balkans and we are on the same line about the road before”, Lajcak wrote.

This meeting comes after Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti at a media conference Monday has accused the European Union's emissary of dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, of co-operating with the Serbian side in the process and of defending its interests.

Kurti in this statement to the media said these charges are not for the EU as an institution, but for emissar Lajcak.

“I would not say there has been EU co-ordination with Serbia, but the EU's special emissary has had co-ordination with the president of Serbia, because it is not explained otherwise that Serbia's lack of proposals is ignored by our proposals”, the prime minister said.

He further said Serbia has made no proposals but a conditional document.

“We have believed that the compromises that formulated Lajcak are between Kosovo and Serbia's two proposals, but it is emerging that they have only been deformities of our proposals. Paradoxically Serbia has made Lajcak” representative, Kurti said.

Regarding Kurt's criticism, the response has also come from the U.S. State Department.

The UN praised on Monday what it called diligent efforts by European Union Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak in Kosovo- Serbia

Comments came in response to a request by the Voice of America for a response to Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti's statements, which accused Lajcak of bias and anti-Pristina stances at last week's meeting between the parties. Advertisement

Prime Minister Kurti said he had sent letters on the issue to key Western countries while accusing Lajcak, among other things, of “deforming the” process.

In response to Voice of America, spokesman for The UN did not confirm or deny whether the letter had arrived in Washington, but said:

“Ne (SHBA) remains closely engaged with Kosovo, Serbia and EU partners in the facilitated dialogue by the European Union. We thank and acknowledge the diligent efforts of EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak”.

So is the spokesman The UN expressed disappointment over the lack of progress at the 14 September meeting, adding that dialogue facilitated by the EU is the only way forward for Kosovo and Serbia.

“We expect the two countries to take their obligations seriously under the agreement on the road to normalisation, which reached the beginning of this year. Time is running out. We want to see progress on existing and previous obligations based on dialogue (enlightened by the EU) and the Ohrid Agreement, including the establishment of the majority Serbian Commission Association”.

spokesman The UN concluded its response by adding that Washington is fully united with Quinn's partner countries in supporting the dialogue process. He said the US would consult both inside and with their European partners on future steps.

US State Department praises Lajcak: Hard work on Kosovo- Serbia