TIRANA, Jan 14 /ATA/ – Kosovo is ready to move toward European Union candidate status, President Vjosa Osmani said on Wednesday after meeting the European Union’s special representative for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Peter Sørensen.
Osmani said the EU-facilitated dialogue should focus on mutual recognition and equal treatment of the two sides, while pointing to what she described as Serbia’s continued breaches of existing agreements.
“Now that the unjust measures have been lifted, we will continue to work closely with our European partners to move decisively toward candidate status for membership in the European Union,” Osmani said in a statement after the meeting.
Sørensen is expected to travel to Belgrade after his meetings in Prishtina, where he will hold talks with Serbia’s leadership.
His visit comes as Kosovo awaits the formation of new state institutions following snap parliamentary elections held on Dec. 28, which were won by Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s ruling Self-Determination Movement (Vetëvendosje).
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