an hour agoAmerican Ambassador: We're protecting the dinar. We're worried about the impact of BQK's regulation on minorities.
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)Ambassador of the United States, Jeff Havenier, in a conversation with journalists, has talked about the dinar issue and the U.S. position in relation to the new CEC rule. Hovenier has clarified the position of the US, saying they are not challenging [the] responsibility or authority....
Hovenier has clarified the position of the US, saying they are not challenging the responsibility or authority of the Kosovo Central Bank, nor are they defending the dinar, but that the American position on the issue is only related to Washington's official concern for the impact that BQ's regulation has on minorities, particularly in local Serbs and the way it is implemented.
Let me explain what I think is misunderstood or what the international community is worried about. As I have said several times and other American officials have said, we are not challenging the responsibility or authority of the CEC, we are trying to protect the dinar, the US takes the position of which currency circulates into Kosovo, it is for Kosovo authorities to impose”, the American ambassador has said.
The US diplomat has clarified why the US thinks the dinar issue should be discussed in the context of dialogue, including the Ahtisaari Plan and the pledges made by Kosovo, which Havenier says have been even the reason why the US has supported Kosovo's independence, related to Kosovo's special care for minorities.
And what we're worried about is completely different, which we've said over and over again that requires discussion in dialogue, and that's the question of how setting I The CEC has entered into force and the impact of such regulation on vulnerable minorities and minorities in Kosovo, including ethnic Serbs in Kosovo. Why did we say it's a question of dialogue that's very clear, because it is.
Under the Ahtisaari Plan, under the conditions under which Kosovo has received our support for independence, pledges have been made regarding special protection and specific regulations for minorities in Kosovo, one of which has been that Serbia will be able to exercise the right to provide social support for individuals and for social services such as education and health. The way Serbia does this is an important bilateral issue. Our concern has been the way the government has approved this arrangement. It was urgently”, said Havener.
He has added further that the new regulation of the CEC has taken place without speaking to local Serbs and without preliminary preparations. /GazetaExpress
