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Rohde: From now on, Kosovo will be represented in CEFTA by its own officials

2024-10-09 18:37:30Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The German ambassador in Pristina, Jorn Rohde

The German ambassador in Pristina, Jorn Rohde, said on Wednesday (October 9) that Kosovo will be represented by its own officials from now on in the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA).

Kosovo has been represented in CEFTA through the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) since 2007, when it joined it.

"Really good news for Kosovo and the entire region: CEFTA has been unblocked and from now on Kosovo will be represented by its own officials, as it should be, and not by UNMIK," Rohde wrote in X.

CEFTA aims to increase trade in goods and services, eliminate trade barriers between the parties and attract investment.

He said that this is a "big step" towards equal representation and participation in this regional body.

This change, which Kosovo has been asking for for a long time, came two days after the Government of Kosovo decided to lift the ban on the import of Serbian goods at the Merdare crossing.

Kosovo faced pressure in recent weeks to lift the ban on Serbian goods, especially from Germany.

Germany has insisted that banning the import of goods from Serbia harms the CEFTA agreement and the Berlin Process, an initiative aimed at helping the economic development of the six Western Balkan countries and bringing them closer to the European Union.

Germany's special envoy for the Western Balkans, Manuel Sarrazin, stayed in Kosovo several times in recent months, where he warned that the ban on Serbian goods was blocking the work of CEFTA, and that, because of it, Kosovo was jeopardizing participation in the Process. of Berlin.

The tenth summit of the Berlin Process takes place on October 14.

After the request of Kosovar officials for the name change, Germany offered a "solution" in exchange for lifting the ban on the import of goods from Serbia.

Sarrazin emphasized that next to Kosovo's name in CEFTA there would be an asterisk, or a footnote, indicating that Kosovo's status has not been finally resolved.

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, said on Monday when he announced the lifting of the ban on Serbian goods, that he expects Kosovo to be represented by its own name at the next meeting.

CEFTA member states are Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Moldova.

Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia withdrew from CEFTA after their EU membership. /REL


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