France and Germany: Send an Association draft to Constitutional, we backed up to the Council of Europe.

He said that association is part of the agreements since 2013, and that this has been re-focused in the Ohrid Agreement as well. According to him, establishing the association would be a concrete sign of Kosovo's will to fulfil its international pledges.

When I say we're not going to come up with the wheel again, there's what's called a room cell, it's this association that's kind of left out. The way or way towards NATO and the EU will go through the establishment of this association. It would be confusing to assume that this fact could be overlooked. The association is part of the agreements since 2013 onward, and then is being re-focused even in the Ohrid Agreement or mentioned there. However, it must be established, yes, and it will be a very concrete sign of Kosovo's will to fulfil its commitments. The EU has made some sort of effort to draft a kind of statute that is in accordance with the Constitution, and if there is someone who can say it is in accordance with the Constitution or not, it is the Constitutional Court, so our suggestion has been that, test this statute”, Guerot noted.

German Ambassador Jorn Rohde also stated that association has been a duty to Kosovo since 2013 and stressed that all prime ministers since have not done enough to resolve the issue.

“We have seen some attempts to bring proposals to the table, we already have a European proposal supported by 27 member states. The only challenge for us is to move on. Just send him to the Constitutional Court, and if he is at odds with the Constitution, it has nothing to do with Serbia, this is the Constitutional Court of Kosovo that will handle this. But that has inaction and inaction has consequences that are not positive at all”, Rohde stressed.

The ambassadors refused to comment on former US President Donald Trump's statement, who said that during his mandate he had prevented a conflict between Kosovo and Serbia.

“I've seen Trump's statement, I'm in no position to comment the statement”, Guerot said.

“I can't comment on cyclical”, Rohde stressed. “This has been said many times also by the new US administration, Europeans have to solve their own problems. This applies to issues such as the issue between Kosovo and Serbia”.

Ambassadors denied that the pressure for this process is only on Kosovo.

“No, it's not over Kosovo, it's also on Kosovo”, Guerot said.

Asked why Kosovo should take this step when Serbia, as highlighted, fights Kosovo in many areas, Guerot stressed that France repeatedly asks Serbia to have judicial treatment of the perpetrators of the Banjska attack.

Rohde also stressed that at any bilateral meeting between Germany and Serbia, they raise the issue of accountability for the attack on Banjska and the incident in the Iber Lepenc channel.

For failing to fully remove measures from the EU towards Kosovo, Rohde said most members were for immediate removal, but some uncoordinated actions in the north prompted some states to seek to be expected a little longer.

“Pat some uncoordinated action in the north and then some places said to wait a little bit longer. We have seen the decision, the first steps of gradual removal”, he stressed.

Also, he stressed that “needs two people for dancing”, calling for Kosovo not to walk unilaterally.

Rohde Guerot: Send an Association draft to Constitutional, we backed up to the Council of Europe.

The association, but not the establishment, but only the sending of the draft to the Constitutional Court is a condition for Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe.

The French ambassador stressed that this would be an argument through which opposing countries would be obeyed.

According to him, the Constitutional Court is the only organ that can show whether or not it is in line with the draft Constitution for Association.

Kosovo belongs to that forum, but needs arguments, convince opposing countries. One of the arguments is, not establishing, sending the statute to the Constitutional Court, as a gesture of trust, and we are certainly willing to support Kosovo's application to the Council of Europe”, Guert stressed.

For his part, the German ambassador stressed that they want the vote to be successful. “We expect Kosovo to do its part of the work”, Rohde stressed. / RTK/ Periscopi/