Escobar comments statements government will prepare draft statute for Association

I'd go back to an Association draft. We've got a draft board. He wasn't sent to the Constitutional Court. Chief Parliamentary [Glauk Konjufca], even said it is possible to propose a new draft status from the government itself. Given that you have not received any guarantees for the draft state, or at least there are statements of a new draft state, is the Ohrid Agreement failing?

Gabriel Escobar: No, you're not. It's untapped. But, I think Ohrid opens a great opportunity for Kosovo. Now under the Ohrid [ Agreement], 90 per cent of the benefits go to Kosovo. Ninety percent. I'd say more.

So, with the Ohrid Agreement, Serbia is required to recognise Kosovo's sovereignty, its territorial integrity, its administrative control over the north.

They recognise passports, national symbols, flags, identity cards, diplomas, license plates, almost anything else.

And, from Serbia, it is required not to block Kosovo's European integration into any institutions.

In exchange, Kosovo must form the association, which is an existing legal obligation.

So, for the price of something they should have done, they get all the benefits and that gives us, the United States, a platform to follow for new recognition not only in Europe, but worldwide.

Is there room for a new draft?

Gabriel Escobar: There is, but we must hurry. I mean, there's always been.

And, part of the reason the European mediator gave them a draft-state, was because they had not prepared one. So we've produced one for them.

So if they don't like it, they should do it [another]. But there must be a draft.

Do you have any information if the Government is working on it?

Gabriel Escobar: I guess not.