I expected the Government to take concrete steps for Association, Havener: We are hoping to see progress

The ambassador of the United States of America to Kosovo, Jeff Hovenier, has also talked about the request Kosovo has been made to take concrete steps for association.

“Hovenier said the US is hoping to see progress in terms of association.

Pass is not the same approach. I want to be very clear about this. There is no link between the Republika Srpska and its competencies and structures and what we are proposing with the Association of Serb majority municipalities. It is a false parallel, and we have made this clear in many ways. We are very clear that we do not want an association that has the authority, structures or competencies of Republika Srpska at all. We have made it clear that the association must be in accordance with the current Constitution. We have made it clear that there will be no competence or executive authority. We have made it clear that it should not influence the order of the functioning of the Kosovo state.

Hovenier also said it is the requirement to take concrete steps for Association is made not only by the United States, but also by the EU and Quinn countries.

We have made it clear that it should create the possibility for these Serb majority municipalities to co-ordinate with each other for exercising municipal competencies and responsibilities that they meet under the current Constitution of Kosovo in some areas, such as health, education and others. And I say again, I'm very comfortable with this demand that is being made not only by the United States but by the European Union, all of the countries of Quintus, of all the states and institutions on which Kosovo is based and where it needs to rely to achieve its vision of European integration. We're hoping to see progress”, Houvenier said of the Voice of America.