Sarrazina for Kurt's Berlin request: Sanctions must address, but the government of Kosovo is surprising us

The German Government's Special Representative for Western Balkan countries, Manuel Sarrazin, has recently spoken about the compromise reached between Kosovo and Serbia shortly before the Berlin Process summit, until it was asked even about punitive measures imposed more than a year ago by the European Union.

Sarrazin in an appearance of him “entic Council”, He said that. “ The leaders made the successful summit, until they thanked the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia who compromised to unblock CEFTA.

I would like to stress that it is not the person or institution that is mediating, it is the political will of leaders that made it possible to have a successful summit Monday in Berlin on the 10th anniversary of the Berlin Process.

Germany tried to mediate to find an agreement by stressing what we think is the right way to move forward. I think we should be grateful for the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia who made this compromise and found the way forward to unlock CEFTA.” he said, broadcast Nacional.

As the warnings were clear to Sarraz, before reaching this compromise, there was little detail as to how it came to this point.

I think the result is crucial at the end, and it's not very important which minute of the game was marked. I think the summit was the signal and we had CEFTA's decision a day before the summit, in the end, everything worked according to plan”.

Meanwhile, the next question for Sarrazin concerned the request of Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti during his stay in Berlin, where he once again called for the removal of punitive measures.

After the Berlin Summit, Prime Minister Kurti at meetings with leaders called for the removal of EU sanctions on Kosovo, what is your personal view on this and Germany's position?

Here, the German diplomat said that the government's uncoordinated actions in the north have surprised the partners, who are trying to secure the majority in EU institutions for removing the measures.

I think it's obvious that after Banjska, for many people in Kosovo, the measures are seen as unbalanced, and I think we should address it. On the other hand, uncoordinated and unilateral actions in the north, surprising us and our partners who are trying to secure a majority for this in European institutions, are not making chances for success.” ) said Sarrazzin, the Nacional broadcast.