Picula urges Serbia to arrest Radociqi: No recognition of Kosovo, no EU

He further said he cannot assess whether he wants to, or when the five Union countries will recognise Kosovo.

The EU itself has no authority in this area, so the powers of these sovereign countries. But Kosovo must, with its full policy and the stabilisation of internal events, strengthen its position across all. And especially towards those who are still sceptical of Kosovo”, Picula said.

He further said the two countries' EU integration is closely linked to the EU-brokered dialogue.

According to him, this process would have to end with a legally binding, comprehensive agreement on normalisation of reports between the two states.

Although the dialogue was renewed in 2023, he said that “, instead of taking the moment, came to a real series of crises, which was the most serious attack by Serb paramilitary forces in northern Kosovo”.

So when we talk about the prospect of this dialogue, of course, it first requires stability in Kosovo and Serbia. But Serbia, in contrast to Kosovo having clear European orientation, must certainly confirm this type of pro-European orientation”, said Picaula, Klankosova.tv, broadcast Periscopi.

The MEP of the European Parliament said the first two years of attack on Banjsk from the Serbian paramilitary formation, with Milan Radojcicin leading, “before the most serious Kosovo peace threat”.

He said the EP has strongly condemned the leaders of this attack and has called on Serbian power to sanction the attackers.

“For the most part, we have demanded that Belgrade's reports on the attackers in Banjsk be one of the criteria for full assessment of the situation in Serbia and Belgrade's ability to walk the European path”.

Even the EU office in Kosovo, I think recently told authorities in Belgrade that it expects soon the arrest and prosecution of those who carried out the attack in Banjska, which are located in Serbia. Unfortunately, Belgrade still ignores the requirements for handling this issue. I think this is about obstructing the expected judicial process, and it's very likely that this is happening with the order of the state leader”, he added.

On the other hand, he also spoke of the EU's relationship to Serbia's president, Allexander Vuciq, saying that this relationship has been unjustified, non-critical and Brussels “for years has ignored the strong signals of building autocratics, corruption, weakening institutions and refusing all those fundamental values on which the EU-ja” is based.

“I have to say that in advance, Serbia in this case, Vuciqi, had the special support of former German candidates Angela Merkel, but not just hers but also some of the leaders of some EU member states. Today this report is gradually changing, and this week, at the European Parliament's session in Strasbourg, we have voted Resolution for increased polarisation and depression in Serbia. I hope that the report on the situation in this country, which is released by the European Commission, is about to repeat at least some of the estimates that Parliament put into this resolution. All else would be the continuation of the establishment of a regime that is at odds with its citizens seeking change on the road”, he said. /Periscopi