Haradinaj: No alternative to dialogue (media)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said the Kosovo delegation in talks with Serbia had a more than three-hour long meeting with EU officials in Brussels and discussed the structure of dialogue in the past and the future as well as the current state of implementation of agreements reached in the process. In a Facebook […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Dialogue makes no sense unless it ends in mutual recognition (Koha)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said the continuation of the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue would make no sense it is does not result in mutual recognition. Answering to a question put forth by Vetevendosje MP Albulena Haxhiu on what is his position on the justice agreement reached by the parties in the dialogue, Haradinaj said at […]
Read More →“No one knows what’s happening in Pristina-Belgrade dialogue” (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo Assembly MP from the Serb Liberal Party, Slobodan Petrovic, said during a discussion at the Media Centre in Caglavica that the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade is a completely non-transparent process and no one actually knows what is going on in it. At the same time, Arben Gashi, MP from the Democratic League of […]
Read More →Tahiri: No normalisation of relations without Serbia recognising Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
Former Kosovo’s chief negotiator in the dialogue with Serbia, Edita Tahiri, said that Kosovo and Serbia need to address the issue of their border demarcation and compensation of war damages. In a debate organised today in Mitrovica north the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue, Tahiri said there can be no normalization of relations without Serbia recognising independence of […]
Read More →Veseli: We will continue dialogue with Serbia (RTK)
The President of the Assembly of Kosovo, Kadri Veseli, said during the regional security conference “NATO and Western Balkans” that the dialogue with Serbia will continue in order to achieve good neighborly relations. “We hope that Serbia will recognize Kosovo state in the future,” he said. He also said that Kosovo Security Force will soon […]
Read More →AAK’s Isufi: Complete transparency on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan Kosova)
Ahmet Isufi, MP from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said that Kosovo should have asked for Serbia’s recognition and compensation of war damages as preconditions for normalization of relations. He said the dialogue process has so far not been transparent and needs to change its format so that there is accountability for […]
Read More →Haradinaj: We will adopt a plan on Kosovo’s position in crucial areas (Telegrafi)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said the government of Kosovo will soon adopt a plan on the official position to the issue of dialogue with Serbia and all other matters of crucial interest. He said this plan would not be under the ownership of either the president of Kosovo or the government but will […]
Read More →EC regrets postponement of agreement implementation (RFE/RTK)
European Commission has expressed regret over delays in implementation of the justice agreement reached between Kosovo and Serbia in Brussels. “Pristina has met all obligations relating to implementation of the justice agreement. Integration of staff is important as it contributes to the rule of law in Kosovo,” said European Commission spokesperson, Maja Kocijancic. She said […]
Read More →Pillips: Kosovo –Serbia dialogue to be about mutual recognition (Klan Kosova)
David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, presented to the students of the American University in Kosovo a review of the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue and stressed that “a dialogue needs to be a state-to-state negotiations about Serbia recognizing Kosovo.” “Unless that is […]
Read More →“Serb-Albanian relations must be resolved once and for all” (B92, RTS)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said that “a difficult compromise” when it comes to Kosovo does not mean that only one side is satisfied. He said that when it comes to Kosovo a compromise was important, “in order to live in peace.” “I would neither add nor take anything away when it comes to what […]
Read More →Thaci: People of Kosovo to have final say on outcome of dialogue with Serbia (RFE)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said in an interview to Radio Free Europe that dialogue for normalization of relations with Serbia is about to take on a new momentum with more frequent meetings set to take place between leaders of the two sides. Asked to comment on his mentioning of the possibility of organizing a […]
Read More →Kurti on Thaci: You have to be a unifying person to set up a unity team (Koha)
In an interview to KTV, Vetevendosje MP Albin Kurti said President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci is the person who has the least right to initiate the setting up of a unity team to represent Kosovo in talks with Serbia. “You have to be a unifying person to create a unity team. If there is one […]
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