23 minutes agoGuerot: Whether EU measures on Kosovo will be lifted by year
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)France's ambassador to Kosovo, Olivier Guerot, has said his country supports the partial removal of EU measures towards Kosovo, but this, according to him, does not mean that these sanctions will be lifted by the end of the year. On show “Info Magazine” of Klan Kosova, Guerot said these measures were [...]
France's ambassador to Kosovo, Olivier Guerot, has said his country supports the partial removal of EU measures towards Kosovo, but this, according to him, does not mean that these sanctions will be lifted by the end of the year.
On show “Info Magazine” of Klan Kosova, Guerot, said these measures were response to the Kosovo Government's actions, actions that were uncoordinated and unfortunate.
After 17 months of imposing these sanctions on Kosovo, Guerot says they have either improved or changed, though he wants to have municipal elections as soon as possible, following those boycotting for the removal of mayors of four northern municipalities.
For the sake of reminding everyone, we had a massive withdrawal from Kosovo Serbs from institutions, including municipalities. We think these resignations have been very important for dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, as well as for the Serb community in Kosovo. We had elections that were run, and the boycott has also been unfortunate because it led to continuation of the blockade, however, at the initiative of the Government of Kosovo, which we have considered unfortunate and not welcome, in May 2023 that has also led to violence in Zvecan, with 90 KFOR military men who were injured along with Kosovo journalists”, Guerot said.
The “Masses were set in response to this government action, which all of us, the EU felt was the unfortunate act”.
“17 months later some issues have either improved or changed. Because the referendum on the removal of mayors has also been boycotted, this has not changed the situation, but we think that the sooner we get new municipal elections, the sooner the better the”, he added.
“We have discussed over the summer that if these measures could be removed, there were some uncoordinated actions which had a negative effect on the discussions now. France is in favour of partially removing the measures, this is shared by some, not everyone hesitates, but cannot predict whether discussions can produce results by the end of”.
