President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga has received an official invitation to participate in regional conference on economic cooperation in Belgrade, scheduled for 1 November, learned Danas in the cabinet of the Kosovo President, but information whether she will visit Belgrade was not confirmed.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia could not provide any official information regarding the announced regional summit, however they said that more details will be known in the course of the day.
Danas learned unofficially that it is about a regional conference on economic and commercial cooperation between countries in the region, which should be attended by foreign ministers. Since the Kosovo government is not formed, invitation for participation to Belgrade summit was sent to Atifete Jahjaga as Kosovo’s representative. Danas was not able to obtain information from Kosovo institutions whether anyone else is supposed to join Kosovo President during her visit to Belgrade.
According to unofficial information from Belgrade, meeting should take place on 23 October, however there is a possibility for it to be postponed if EU representatives decide so. Meeting will be carried out in line with the ‘Gymnich formula’ which implies that participants will be presented only with the names and surnames, without state symbols or other insignia.
Danas was not able to obtain official information from the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs on the concrete status of Hashim Thaci and whether he could theoretically visit Belgrade. Unofficially, paper has learned that a warrant against him is still in force and that a sort of investigation is still ongoing against him in relation with war crimes.
Paper has also learned from the cabinet of the Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic that he didn’t send any invitation for the upcoming regional summit, thus he didn’t invite Jahjaga either. Pristina-based media informed that invitations are sent by the European Commission.
