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The tripartite meeting in Brussels fails, Borrell: Kosovo was not ready, Kurti set three conditions

2024-06-26 21:07:36Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The tripartite meeting in Brussels fails, Borrell: Kosovo was not ready, Kurti
Borrell and Kurti

The leaders of Kosovo and Serbia met today in Brussels with the head of foreign policy of the European Union, Josep Borrell and the European envoy Miroslav Lajcak, but not with each other.

The head of the EU's foreign policy, Josep Borrell, said that Kosovo was not ready for a tripartite meeting, and its prime minister, Albin Kurti, presented three conditions for further engagement in the broader normalization process.

"First, the formalization of the basic agreement through the signature by the leaders of the respective states and governments. Secondly, the withdrawal of the letter officially submitted to the EU by the former Prime Minister (Serbian Ana) Bërnabič, dated December 13, 2023. And thirdly, the handing over of Milan Radojčič and his paramilitary-terrorist group to the judicial authorities of Kosovo", he quoted. Borrell.

Serbia, he said, "was not ready to fully fulfill Kosovo's conditions citing constitutional limitations, while President Vučić said he is ready to consider options regarding the former prime minister's letter and the formalization of the agreement in accordance with the past practice of Dialogue to unlock its implementation".

Borrell said that before the meeting, the EU had presented a new proposal for the implementation plan, but "unfortunately the conditionality of the implementation did not allow the discussions to focus on concrete implementation actions by the parties", while stressing that their positions remain very different. about how the implementation of the Agreement can start and therefore how the normalization process should continue.

Borrell said that European envoy Miroslav Lajcak will host the chief negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia next week in Brussels to continue discussions on the implementation plan of the agreement as well as other dialogue issues.

"Now it is up to both parties to show constructiveness and enable the process to move forward. This is in their interest and in the interest of their aspirations for European integration", said Mr. Borrell.

The mediators tried a joint meeting in what some independent observers saw as a show that would allow them to declare that the process continues, while the parties can secure benefits from the European Growth Plan for the Western Balkans through re-commitment. to the process of normalizing relations.

Kurti: We asked for guarantees of good faith and goodwill

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, confirmed the requests presented by Borrell, emphasizing that he requested "guarantees of good faith and good will which enable the implementation of the agreements".

"We consider that the basic agreement and the implementation annex are a distinguished achievement in the foreign policy of the Republic of Kosovo, for good neighborly relations, with our northern neighbor, with at least de-facto recognition in the center, but it is also an achievement of The European Union, which has mediated entire rounds of this dialogue", said Prime Minister Kurti.

Vucic: Kurti did not want to meet with me

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told the Serbian media in Brussels that the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti "did not want to see me". He emphasized that during the bilateral talks with the mediators, he emphasized Belgrade's full commitment to the continuation of the talks.

According to the Serbian president, Prime Minister Kurti wants Serbia to recognize Kosovo and "now they have come up with some other demands, but basically it is a de jure recognition".

Changes in the leadership of the EU and the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue

Borrell, in the fall, must leave the post to his successor, whose choice can be decided in the next few days at the meeting of the leaders of the member states of the European Union. At the end of the mandate is the envoy Lajçak who was appointed ambassador of the bloc in Switzerland, but during his last visit to the region he said that he will stay in his current post until January.


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