Kurti returns dialogue with Serbia that does not have mutual recognition, but the foundation of Zajednica and alone concern for Serbs

That the mid-September meeting will happen in order to implement the Ohrid Agreement and its Annex has been officially confirmed by Kurti's cabinet.

“The tasks are for implementation of the agreements. Everything else contributes to normalizing the reports. We go to Brussels to implement the agreement we have agreed on and we believe it should be signed. It's good to sign, we agreed to sign for it. But every summit is about implementing the agreement already in the sequence part, of steps that should be taken by the parties to implement each article of the accord, Kurti's adviser, lives Zulfaj, on Friday, September 1st.

But what exactly is said in these two articles that have sparked great criticism in Kosovo's political debate shortly after Kurti reached agreement in Ohrid, Macedonia and public expression of his readiness to sign the contents of the Ohrid Agreement?

The contents of Article 7 of this agreement have sparked fears in Kosovo that this could lead to autonomy for Serbs in Kosovo. Unlike critical voices, Prime Minister Kurti has defended this article, saying it is not about self-rule.

The two sides commit themselves to achieving specific arrangements, in line with relevant instruments of the Council of Europe and using existing European experiences, to ensure an appropriate level of self-awareness for the Serb community in Kosovo and access to services in several specific areas, including the possibility of financial assistance from Serbia and direct communication channels of the Serb community with the Government. The sides will formalise the status of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and offer a high level of protection of Serbian religious and cultural heritage, in line with existing European models”, says Article 7.

With the Ohrid Agreement, Prime Minister Kurti, who came to power with opposition to the Association of Communities with the Serbian Majority, which he referred to in Serbian, “Zieednica”, has acknowledged its foundation.

In Article 10, Kurti has vowed to do so, writes Democracy.com.

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This article undermines Kurt and Vetevendosje's several-year opposition. According to him, Zajednica is dangerous for Kosovo citizenship. With Zajednica, according to Kurt once, Russia comes to the Ibër Bridge in Mitrovica and its president will have Putin and Medvedev's phone number.

The most vocal against the Ohrid Agreement, as a nonpolitical voice, has been shown by former Constitutional Court Chairman Enver Hasani, who is also a professor of international relations and law in the UP.

Hasan has shaken the opinion in Kosovo just three days after reaching the agreement in Ohrid. According to him, with the Ohrid Agreement, Kurti has left open the possibility that Kosovo's status will be renegotiated in the future with Serbia.

The first “: has left the status issue potentially in conversation in the future to me, re-open to the Serbian state. The second has given the stamp at the EU level that it has taken the obligation to legalise this and all other agreements that have not been implemented or implemented incorrectly. The third is territorial autonomy”, Hasani said.

Professor Hasan has gone even further, after in July 2023, he published an editorial in which he shows that he sees a similarity to the Ohrid Agreement with the ideas of the notorious Serbian academic, Dobrica Cossiq.

However, the Ohrid Agreement reached on March 18th 2023 has nowhere in its content the possibility of mutual recognition between the state of Kosovo and Serbia. In her 11 articles, there is no mention of such a possibility.

For dialogue to end with mutual recognition has been the constant demand of Kosovo institutions, but also of Kosovo's international state partners. However, Prime Minister Kurti has agreed that the Ohrid Agreement does not contain any of these. /democracy. com