6 minutes agoWeber: Pristina is asking Berlin, Paris and Rome to vote on something they can see later
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)Bodo Weber, senior associate with the non-governmental Council for Democratic Policy in Berlin, has expressed sceptical that the letter sent by Kosovo's top diplomat, Donika Grovalla, where he announced that Kosovo is preparing a draft state for association and that it will be delivered to the Constitution by the end of the month, will suffice for the West that [...]
Weber has said Pristina is asking Germany, France and Italy to vote this week for something they can see later.
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers will meet on May 16th and 17th. Kosovo is not in the agenda, and has little chance of entering.
“I am skeptical, taking into account that [Kosovo Prime Minister Albin's] Government refusal. Kurti to present its draft has pushed [European envoy for dialogue, Miroslav] Lajcak and QUINT to draft their proposal, and for the fact that Pristina is asking from Berlin, Paris and Rome to vote this week for something they could later see”, Weber declared for Radio Free Europe.
Regarding discussions on whether Kosovo can join the Council of Europe this week, it recalls that the same has happened in the past, citing the example of Kosovo's non-membership at the International Police Agency (INTERPOL).
According to the German analyst, something like this has happened and can happen again in the future, not why there will be objections from non-recognitional countries, but because Kosovo is not properly co-ordinated with its allies.
Weber says the West has consistently had unfair access to Kosovo in recent years, and, according to him, this approach is based on the failed “dialog” Kosovo-Serbia.
The reasons, according to him, are: The design from the initial framework for negotiating a comprehensive final agreement, for an intermediate agreement, such as that Basic and Ohrid, without a long-term strategy; and the West Access, which does not specify the rules itself, but caress Serbia and asks what it is able to accept.
In addition to conditions related to membership through international organisations, Weber views the West's approach to Kosovo as unfair even with the introduction of punitive measures against Pristina for tensions in the north in May 2023, while failing to punish Serbia for the terrorist attack on Banjsk.
Weber is counting on the new diplomatic composition after elections in the European Union.
“I hope there will be a new opportunity to push the West to change access to dialogue, and accept that the actual approach is not working, and that there is a need for a new strategy”, says Weber.
