5 minutes agoUS, EU line for Balkans, Lajcak meets with O'Brien, urges implementation of Ohrid Agreement
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)The US and Europe remained on a line regarding the Western Balkans. This was taken care of during talks held in Davos, EU special envoy for dialogue Miroslav Lajcak and US Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia James O'Brien. The global economic forum in Davos is receiving [...]
Other leaders from the Western Balkan region, including Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic, are participating in the world economic forum in Davos.
I started this week in Davos with a meeting. The development of this talk about the Balkans at the beginning of this year was important. We want to see the region move forward and his citizens benefit. I'm glad we updated that we are fully on the same line”, Miroslav Lajcak said.
A day earlier, Lajcak in Davos met with Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislim, with particular emphasis on the need for immediate implementation of the agreement on the road towards normalisation of reports between Kosovo and Serbia.
The basic agreement was reached last February in Brussels, meanwhile in March in Ohrid, the parties agreed on the Implementation Annex of the Agreement. But, the EU has said the agreement on the road to normalisation has not begun to be implemented.
The normalisation agreement, of 11 provisions, also envisions a level of self-awareness for the Serb community in Kosovo and mutual recognition of state symbols, while calling on Pristina and Belgrade to implement, as well, all previous agreements reached during dialogue.
