6 hours agoEU meetings with Kurti and ministers in office until the formation of institutions, response from executive and declarations
Periskopi(10 months ago)
(10 months ago)A day earlier it became known that the European Union has suspended holding meetings with incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti and his cabinet ministers within the Kosovo Government building until the formation of a fully mandated government. In a letter to Kurt on August 8, 2025, the chief [...]
In a letter to Kurti on August 8th 2025, the chief of the EU Office in Kosovo and EU Special Representative, Aivo Orav, has stressed that the decision follows the act of the Supreme Court of Kosovo on June 25th, which rendered an administrative guide to the Ministry of Finance invalid, calling at the constitutional article banning the simultaneous exercise of ministerial and parliamentary posts.
This decision reaffirms our commitment to rule of law, democratic accountability and institutional integrity. EU-level visitors and member states will temporarily refrain from meetings within the Kosovo Government building, until a new government is formed --” is said in the Oravi letter that has provided Telegrafi.
He has added that the purpose of this decision is to avoid uncertainty and misinterpretations, as had happened during the recent visit of the EU special representative for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue.
However, the EU stresses that it remains fully committed to Kosovo and that co-operation with the respective counterparts in key areas will continue.
“We hope that a government with a full mandate will be formed without further delays, so that we can resume full co-operation and further deepen our political and economic relations,”, the EU letter concludes.
In this regard they have reacted from the Kosovo government.
Government spokesman for duty, Kryeziu has said Kurti remains acting prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo, and that prime minister is his workplace.
“Anyone seeking a meeting with the incumbent prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo must come to the country where the prime minister works. However, this does not mean that work meetings cannot be held outside his office, but must be agreed on by the” parties.
“Meetings outside the prime minister's facilities have occurred even in the past, even when he was on full mandate,” Kryeziu told the media.
In this regard, former Prime Minister Kurti's adviser, Shkelzen Gashi, has also responded to a harsher approach to Brussels.
Kosovo's “prime minister, if he has links, should tell the EU Office in Kosovo: within the Kosovo Government building I expect you only when you recognise Kosovo independent and sovereign state”, Gashi wrote.
