Explorations in the North hit Government with QUINT, President: There is room for communication with partners

The QUINT states, which were joined by the EU Office in Kosovo and the OSCE, reacted yesterday to the Kosovo government about the expropriation of over 100 land parcels in Serb majority municipalities, saying they express regret over the decision, which they said “violated laws and regulations” while also mentioning the Ahtisaari plan. A few hours later, the government responded with a communiqué to this statement, perhaps for the first time to QUINT'S. The executive stressed that Western diplomats “wrongly recorded the actual situation”, denying charges of violations of the law. Today, Vjosa Osmani, who asked the government to explain the process in more detail to partners.

QU INT, EU and O The SEU said that from the missions of these countries they had shared earlier with the Government of Kosovo the assessments of international legal experts, including the European Union's Mission for Law Rule in Kosovo, indicating that the government has violated its laws and regulations due to procedural and technical shortcomings during the expropriation process”.

The other charge against the government was that she had waited for the court's decisions before making that decision on May 30th.

While some of the property of the applicant was removed from the final decision of expropriation, we regret that the Kosovo government did not expect all open judicial procedures to be fully tried before making that decision. It is essential that the government make efforts to ensure that expropriation activities are in line with the law, that the proper process be followed, and that the property rights of owners and interest parties be fully respected”, the joint statement said.

As the missions reacted in the morning, the Government delayed much and came up with a afternoon statement saying that their statement “wrongly coincides with the actual situation and makes the legal assessment not based on arguments”.

The government said it has begun the process of expropriating real estate in several municipalities of the Republic of Kosovo under the Law in force for Exploration, in order to build infrastructure projects.

“Such a goal conveys the definition of the legitimate “target defined as such by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and the jurisdiction of the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg. One such thing has been presented during meetings and discussions with international partners, who from the Government of Kosovo have sought respect for the initiated judicial procedures prior to making the final decision on expropriation in Government”.

The government in response to the response said that even though Kosovo laws allow the decision to be taken against the procedure initiated before the courts, the government, however, has expected court decision decision before continuing with the final decision.

The only “Contact regarding the procedure for expropriation under Strasbourg's jurisdiction is the height of compensation”.

The government also had an answer to the charge that the assets of the applicant were removed from expropriation. She says some of the plaintiffs were not even landowners.

The “The plaintiffs have filed lawsuits against the preliminary decision to expropriate by claiming violation of the law in the procedure. The courts have found that the plaintiffs, except a small number of them, had no legitimacy in the procedure, as the same are not property owners who were subject to expropriation. In the final decision, the Government has reflected court decisions and ruled out the properties of successful plaintiffs”.

The government said the law in this case has been implemented equally, as in all other cases of expropriation for public interest throughout Kosovo.

“We believe that all agree that prior to the law all Kosovo regions should be treated equally and equally”.

The government said that building infrastructure projects, including police stations, will help prevent violence, combat organised crime and corruption.

These are legitimate and legitimate goals that contribute to strengthening law enforcement and, above all, the security of citizens who for a long time were subject to the violence and terror of criminal gangs led by chief terrorist Milan Radojciq, sanctioned by the United States Treasury and United Kingdom”.

The government also had a problem with how it referred to the QUINT, the EU and OSCE municipalities in the country's north, complaining it does not comply with Kosovo's multiethnic nature.

“also, we express our concern that the declaration refers to expropriation in some Kosovo municipalities as the Serbian majority “communal”. The municipalities in Kosovo have specific and relevant names and the government does not refer to them as municipalities with Albanian, Serbian, Turkish, and other municipalities. As this is not in line with the multiethnic character of the Kosovo constitution. Explorations should be assessed by legitimacy, human rights, and public interest, not by the ethnic affiliation of citizens”.

The municipality of Drenas for municipalities in the north was asked today by the country's president.

Osmani said the issue of expropriation for each citizen should only be analysed in terms of compliance with law and constitution.

“As long as the expropriations are in line with Kosovo's laws and the Constitution and the standards of the European court, as Kosovo president supports any action that is in the interest of national security and citizens indiscriminately”, Osmani has said.

However, she has said that “basket still has a” space for communication between responsible institutions and partners to clarify in detail and ensure all that Kosovo has done is respect for European Court standards.

Osmani has said he sees a tendency for discrimination on ethnic grounds, but “just respect of the” standards.

I believe there is probably still room for communication to be explained in detail by the responsible institutions to partners in order to ensure that all that Kosovo has done is that it has respected the standards of the European court”.

Osmani said Kosovo's duty is to protect each citizen indiscriminately and protect every corner of the country.

The embassies of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States, along with the EU Office in Kosovo and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation Mission in Europe (OSBE) in Kosovo at the end of yesterday's response, left a message to the Government of Kosovo.

We encourage the Government of Kosovo to adhere to the rule of good law and governance, which are the foundations of living and democratic societies. Moreover, we call on the Government to reaffirm its commitment to Ahtisaari's principles, including protection and promotion of the rights of non-communal communities”.