Junk Kurt: “ignored” by the European Council chief to meet all the presidents and prime ministers of the Western Balkans

For four days, European Council President Antonio Costa will remain in the Western Balkans, including Kosovo. Unlike other countries in the region, he in Pristina, according to the already published agenda, will meet only the president, but not the prime minister.

European Council President Antonio Costa will visit the Western Balkans over the next week, where he is expected to meet with political leaders, as well as co-chair the European Political Community summit in Tirana on 16 May.

In a news release, it is suggested that Costa will stay in Pristina on May 14th, where she will meet with Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani.

The list of leaders he meets with includes all the presidents and prime ministers of the region, except for Albin Kurti.

Vice President Costa will visit six Western Balkan partners, formally starting from Belgrade on 13 May. He will meet with President Vuciq, Prime Minister Macut and MPs. That same day, he will travel to Sarajevo, where he will be addressed before EUFOR Althea troops and meet with members of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency. On May 14th, President Costa will arrive in Podgorica, where he will meet with President Milatovic, Prime Minister Spajic and other members of the government. He will then visit Pristina to meet with President Osmani-Sadriu. The following day, on May 15th, President Costa will travel to Skopje to meet with Prime Minister Mickoski and President Silianovska-Davidkova” ) It says in announcement, broadcast Nacional.

His latest <x0) stoppage in the Western Balkans will be in Tirana, where he will meet with Prime Minister Rama and President Begaj on 15 May and participate in a meeting with European College students”.

According to agenda, after meeting with Osman on Wednesday, Costa is expected to hold A joint conference with him at 16:45.

As for Kurt, it is not known whether such an action by the European Council chief comes because of measures imposed by the European Union towards Kosovo in the summer of 2023.

The outgoing prime minister has repeatedly called for their departure. One such request, he had even in March of this year, when he met with European emissar for dialogue Peter Sorensen.

The prime minister requested from the emissar Sørensen that the EU immediately remove unjust measures against Kosovo. He stressed the unhealthy contradiction for the EU, its fundamental values and for reforms undertaken by the Government of Kosovo with great support of citizens, in the same period as the country marks the largest democratic establishment, even according to international indicators, be simultaneously under EU limit measures” It was said in an announcement by the Prime Minister's Office on March 17th.