Lajcak-Kosovo-Serbia – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Mon, 30 Oct 2023 09:17:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Proposal for association, Lajcak: It does not cross the “red lines” of the parties https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/10/30/proposal-for-association-lajcak-it-does-not-cross-the-red-lines-of-the-parties/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/10/30/proposal-for-association-lajcak-it-does-not-cross-the-red-lines-of-the-parties/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 09:00:13 +0000 https://en.ata.gov.al/?p=218907 PRISTINA, Oct 30 /ATA/- The European envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajçak, has made a weekly summary of his agenda.
In a post on Facebook, Lajcak wrote about Thursday’s meetings in Brussels, where the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti and the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the President of European Council Charles Michel and the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell.
Lajcak writes that he welcomes the fact that Kurti and Vucic showed readiness to implement the agreement, although they failed to agree on the modalities.
“In the margins of this week’s European Council, French President Macron, German Chancellor Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Meloni together with the President of the European Council Michel and High Representative Borrell and myself hosted meetings in support of the EU-facilitated Dialogue with Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti.
The idea was simple – to follow-up on our discussions last weekend during our joint mission to Pristina and Belgrade and to advance the implementation of the Agreement on the Path to Normalisation. What were planned to be short meetings with the European leaders, turned into long separate negotiations with President Vucic and PM Kurti after the European leaders had to leave for the Council.
I welcome that both leaders showed readiness to implement the Agreement, although they could not agree on the modalities. They had comments and questions on the European proposal for a statute establishing the Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities in Kosovo, which we presented to them during our joint mission last Saturday.
I hope that we will be able to clarify open questions and concerns in the coming weeks. Our statute proposes a modern European way to address the sensitive issue of minority protection in line with best European practices and standards and it does not cross the redlines of the Parties as defined beforehand.
But this is not the only element that needs implementation. Serbia also has many pending obligations from the Agreement and we need to see the implementation progressing in parallel, so that both Kosovo and Serbia get what they agreed to. The focus should now be on advancing the implementation of the Agreement without preconditions or delays. As the three European leaders clearly stated, formalities should not stand in the way of this important process. With this in mind, I will invite the Chief negotiators soon to Brussels to discuss next steps.
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PRISTINA, July  3 /ATA/- The European Union envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, has said that they have worked closely with international partners to coordinate the next steps in addressing the ongoing crisis in the north of Kosovo, but unfortunately the situation remains fragile.

Lajcak wrote on Facebook that he spent the last two days in Brussels, where he and his team worked closely with international partners to coordinate our next steps in addressing the ongoing crisis in northern Kosovo.

“Unfortunately, despite the existence of clear steps to successfully reduce tensions, the situation remains fragile. I am glad about the interest of the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, who invited me together with the Director General of DG-NEAR Gert Jan Koopman for a joint discussion about the situation, the latest developments in the Dialogue and our efforts to reduce the tensions on the ground in the north of Kosovo,” he wrote.

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