14 minutes agoThree-way meeting for dinar in Brussels begins
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(2 years ago)The meeting has already started between Kosovo's chief negotiator, Besnik Bislimi and Serbia's Petar Petkoviq in Brussels, with the mediation of the European Union's special envoy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue Miroslav Lajcak. The trilateral meeting between the Kosovo delegation and Serbia at the level of chief negotiators has begun, with the mediator of the special representative [...]
The trilateral meeting between the Kosovo delegation and Serbia at the level of the chief negotiators has begun, with the mediator of European Union Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak, on the issue of the Serbian dinar, whose use was banned in Kosovo last month.
The trilateral meeting started just before 10:00, the Tanjug media reported.
Otherwise, the European minister for dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, has invited Kosovo's chief negotiator, Besnik Bislimi and Serbia's Petar Petkovic, to continue in Brussels today, discussions on the dinar, in hopes of finding a solution.
“The mayors will meet on Wednesday in Brussels and will continue discussions on finding a sustainable temporary solution for the people affected by the Kosovo Central Bank's decision on cash operations. And pending this meeting Wednesday, the European Union expects both sides to show flexibility and readiness to reach a” compromise, EU spokesman Peter Stano said Monday.
This will be the seventh consecutive meeting where implementation of the BEC regulation is discussed. The parties have yet to find solutions, while the compromise proposal presented by Miroslav Lajcak is still on the table at the end of March.
On 12 May, the transitional period of the Central Bank has passed, and from Sunday, the euro is the only currency for transactions in Kosovo. According to the country's prime minister, Albin Kurti, through the BEC regulation, the legality of transparency is being targeted.
The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo has clarified that the goal is legitimacy, transparency, and not punishment. There are those who are higher than we are and lead in this process of transition as smooth as the means of payment. The CEC's regulation is not to go against the dinar, but to the euro as the only means of payment in Kosovo”, Kurti has indicated.
The CEC has announced that it has also completed the three-month transition period for reportedly “Equipment of regulation for pre-pretensive operations”. The CEC has clarified, days earlier that after the closure of the transition period, it has licensed eight branches of financial institutions in Serb majority municipalities in Leposaviq, Zvecan, Gracanica, Shtrpca and one in Shilova in Gjilan, placing 38 ATMs or similar financial self-service equipment. /rtvulej/
