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Osmani: The US and the EU have not asked us to give up mutual recognition

2022-10-23 13:08:05Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Osmani: The US and the EU have not asked us to give up mutual recognition
The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani

The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, said that the request for mutual recognition to be part of a final agreement with Serbia is a necessity, and neither the United States nor the European Union have asked Kosovo to withdraw this request.

During a press conference in Pristina, after the meeting with her counterpart from Malta, George Vella, Osmani was asked to comment on the statements of the US envoy for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, that Kosovo should support an agreement with Serbia, that does not include mutual recognition, writes REL.

However, Osmani said that it is about a "specific agreement", which seems to be a reference to a proposal by France and Germany that the media have reported on.

As officials in Serbia have stated, this Franco-German proposal, which is said to have been delivered to leaders in Pristina and Belgrade, provides that Serbia will not prevent Kosovo from joining international organizations, including the United Nations, in exchange for membership of fast of Belgrade in the European bloc.

"Proposals for specific agreements which are discussed in Brussels are another thing. As you know, there was the issue of energy, discussions still continue about the fate of the disappeared by violence or other topics related to freedom of movement. And the efforts of our partners to push all these issues forward in an intensified way", said Osmani.

She added that even the President of the USA, Joe Biden, and the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, have requested that a final agreement between Kosovo and Serbia be based on mutual recognition.

Meanwhile, earlier this week, Escobar stayed in Kosovo and Serbia, to encourage the parties to intensify the dialogue process, which is mediated by the EU and which aims to normalize relations between the states.

The senior American official also spoke about the Franco-German proposal and said that the US supports the same, arguing that this proposal "would unblock Kosovo, but potentially also Serbia, on the way to Euro-Atlantic integration".


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