8 hours agoGiofre: Brussels has not changed stance on forming association
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)EU Delegation to Serbia chief Emanuele Giofre has said it is good news that Belgrade and Pristina have formed a joint commission for missing persons and added that Brussels' stance on forcing Pristina to form the Union of Serbian Communities has not changed and that it wants [...]
Gyofre estimated that the issue of missing persons is primarily humanitarian issues.
We have about 1600 people whose fate is not yet known. It's a really big humanitarian question, it needs to be answered for families of missing people. Now we have a joint commission headed by a special representative. And this will begin in January of next year. We hope they will bring good results for the sake of families of the missing, to discover the fate of their most loved ones, and welcome a constructive step forward on this humanitarian issue”, Giofre said.
Asked whether he expects Kosovo to respond to the call for the formation of the Serbian Communists Association, Giofre said the EU Council for General Affairs reiterated that both sides must meet their obligations.
“This is the biggest picture, the Council reaffirmed that both sides must meet the obligations they have taken within the dialogue, including the path towards normalising relations. Concretically cited is the establishment of the Association of Serb majority municipalities because it has been on the table for a long time and has been repeated in 1923 as part of the road to normalisation, and, as you know, EU facilitators gave the draft Pristina statute and is expected to now take steps, present it to the Constitutional Court, so that we can go towards the creation of Community”, Gifret noted.
He said the attitude has not changed.
This step is important and we will continue to insist on this important step”, the EU ambassador stressed.
