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Vucic: Official Prishtina does not want to hold elections in the north

2023-07-25 21:04:02Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Vucic: Official Prishtina does not want to hold elections in the north
Aleksandar Vucic

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, said that the authorities in Kosovo do not want elections.

"Let them do their job, but they don't even want those elections, they don't want anything," Vucic said after attending the final training phase of members of the Serbian Armed Forces.

Vucic made this statement when he was asked by a journalist how he comments on the statement of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Besnik Bislimi, who the day before said that Kosovo should not announce elections in municipalities with a Serbian majority in the north until the European Union lifts the punitive measures imposed on Kosovo. However, on July 25, the European Union reiterated the call for the announcement of elections by Kosovo, as well as called for the Serbs living in the four northern municipalities to participate in these elections.

"We do not comment on comments. However, we take the opportunity to reiterate that the EU expects the parties to implement the demands that were expressed in the declaration of the 27 EU countries on June 3, 2023. This clearly includes that extraordinary elections should be announced as soon as possible, organized comprehensively in all four Serbian municipalities in the north. The Kosovo Serbs are expected to participate in these elections", says the European Union's response to Radio Free Europe.
The Government of Kosovo has agreed on July 10 to make a public statement to support the holding of early elections in the 4 northern municipalities, after the summer. According to the agreement reached with the EU, Kosovo is committed to providing the necessary legal basis to enable the organization of elections. A day ago, Bislimi said that he is waiting for the EU's announcement on the lifting of sanctions, after the agreement reached between Kosovo and the EU in Bratislava, and the withdrawal of 25% of the police forces from the municipal buildings in the 4 northern municipalities.

However, diplomatic sources from the EU have told Radio Free Europe that the lifting of the punitive measures that the European Union has imposed on Kosovo will depend on the implementation of the obligations that Pristina has taken and the other steps that are expected from the authorities in Kosovo for the continuation of efforts to reduce tensions in the north.

The punitive measures that the EU has imposed on Kosovo after making it guilty of escalating the situation in the north of the country 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 that focus on addressing the crisis in the north of Kosovo within the framework of the dialogue facilitated by the EU.

Other measures include stopping the programming of funds for Kosovo from IPA 2024 (Instruments of Pre-Accession). Kosovo's proposals within the Investment Framework in the Western Balkans were not submitted for consideration by the board on June 29 and 30.

On July 19, the chief negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia met separately with the envoy for dialogue Miroslav Lajcak in Brussels, where they discussed "a long list of dialogue issues, starting with the implementation of the February 27 Agreement and its extension."

The European Union has assessed these meetings as "difficult" and that they "did not produce immediate results". The situation in the north of Kosovo has worsened since the local Serbs in the municipalities in the north of Kosovo - Zveçan, Leposaviq and Zubin Potok - have opposed the entry of the new Albanian mayors, with the assistance of the Kosovo Police, into the municipal buildings. The presidents won their mandates in the elections held in April this year, which were boycotted by the Serbs./REL


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