Implementation of the Brussels Agreement depends on Kosovo institutions, but from wider community as well, that is civil society and media agreed Rada Trajkovic former MP in the Kosovo parliament and Riza Smaka professor at the University of Pristina.
Two years after the first meeting between prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Ivica Dacic and Hashim Thaci, in Brussels when it was a big question mark whether they will shake hands at all, a lot has been achieved. Recent EU reports on progress of Serbia and Kosovo particularly stressed the positive engagements of both governments in normalization of relations. Yet, critics over the implementation of the Brussels Agreement are becoming louder, whereas recent incidents show that relations between two biggest communities in Kosovo are still fragile.
And while Trajkovic claims that multi-ethnicity in Kosovo is at the lowest level, Smaka is optimistic when it comes to reconciliation. The Brussels Agreement is a precondition, however it is only a small part of the entire process, argues Smaka.
He believes that the first topic on the agenda of new Kosovo institutions, whoever be the ones to form the government, will be the relations with Serbia. On the other side Trajkovic believes that non-governmental sector should be more involved, that more should be invested in the work with citizens and that extremists should be pacified.
