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Kurti calls on the EU to lift the measures against Kosovo "as soon as possible"

2023-08-11 08:49:22Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Kurti calls on the EU to lift the measures against Kosovo "as soon as
Albin Kurti

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has called on the European Union to remove the measures, as he called them, unjust and punitive towards Kosovo, as well as reiterated that the Government is open to holding new elections in the north of the country .

Kurti said that the measures are part of the "asymmetry in the reports" and that "the sooner they end, the better".

"We are doing everything we can and know, but our European partners and allies should also improve their attitude towards Kosovo as soon as possible, since a democratic and progressive Republic like Kosovo deserves to be helped with everything they can and not to have punitive measures", he stressed.

Early elections in the four municipalities in the north of Kosovo, Leposaviq, Zubin Potok, Zveçan and North Mitrovica, have been requested by the international community for the extension of the situation in the north, which has worsened two months ago.

In these municipalities inhabited by a majority of Serbs, the new mayors who emerged from the elections boycotted by Lista Serbe, the largest party of Serbs in Kosovo, are Albanians.

Local Serbs have been protesting since May 29 against their entry into municipal facilities.

Kurti said that the best way to call new elections is through Article 72 of the Law on Local Self-Government, which enables the citizens of the respective municipalities to dismiss their mayors through a petition.

"We are open to this [election through Article 72]. A working group has also been created that will regulate the administrative technical issues of the provisions of this article and this law. Now let's wait for their work, the sooner the better", emphasized Kurti.

He insisted that Kosovo is "interested" in the further de-escalation of the situation in the north, adding "although it is a general finding that to a large extent the de-escalation has already taken place. We don't have violent protests, we don't have incidents, but we have to be careful of the potential of re-escalation. It is known that the address for this is not located in the Republic of Kosovo, but in the capital of our northern neighbor".

The Kosovo Police announced on August 4 the reduction by 25 percent of the presence of its officers in and around municipal facilities in the north of Kosovo.

The EU's punitive measures against Kosovo include: the temporary suspension of the work of the bodies created on the basis of the Stabilization and Association Agreement, the non-invitation of Kosovo to high-level meetings and the suspension of bilateral visits, except for those focused on addressing the crisis in the north of Kosovo within the framework of the dialogue facilitated by the EU.

The chief negotiator of Kosovo in the dialogue with Serbia, Besnik Bislimi, and the EU envoy for the dialogue between the two countries, Miroslav Lajçak, reached an agreement on the extension of the situation in the north of Kosovo, during a meeting on July 10 in Bratislava./REL


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