TIRANA, Oct 1 /ATA/ – A proposal by the Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani that the draft statute on creation of the Association of Serb-dominated municipalities in the country be prepared together with the United States of America has been welcomed by those familiar with the Kosovo-Serbia normalization dialogue process.
They say that despite the most recent developments and the terrorist attack on the Kosovo police in the country’s north there is no alternative other than dialogue.
According to them, together with the Americans it should be decided that the Association shouldn’t enjoy executive powers, which would paralyze the functioning of Kosovo.
However, in the ruling party, the Self-Determination Movement (Vetëvendosje), they insist that preconditioning foundation of the Association within the framework of the Brussels and Ohrid agreements will not be implemented.
The university professor Arben Fetoshi told KosovaPress news agency that Prime Minister Albin Kurti should engage in intense communication with the U.S. top officials to discuss the Association issue on the basis of their statements that the latter won’t be granted executive powers.
“What we need now is an intense communication of Prime Minister Kurti with the allies, primarily with Mr. Escobar to provide guarantees that the Association will not be a mechanism that paralyzes the functioning of Kosovo,” Fetoshi said.
The political analyst Artan Muhaxhiri also expects constructiveness on this topic, saying that Kosovo should offer its position in relation to how it sees the Association within the constitutional and legal framework of Kosovo.
After the terrorist attack in Banjska, Zveçan, President Vjosa Osmani said that the solution for the Association is for Kosovo to sit down with the U.S. and prepare the draft statute on the Association of municipalities with a Serbian majority, within the legal and constitutional framework of Kosovo.
On September 24, a heavily armed terrorist group attacked the Kosovo Police in Banjska, killing one Kosovo police officer. Three more policemen were injured, while three attackers were also killed.
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