If they want to join the EU, Belgrade and Pristina will have an obligation to sign another agreement that will allow the admission of Kosovo to the United Nations.
The full membership of Kosovo in the UN will enable entry into other international organizations such as the OSCE, Council of Europe, and finally, the European Union; say Western diplomatic sources for Blic explaining what brings the future agreement, the so-called Brussels 2, which has been recently debated in public.
As they point out “a legally binding agreement between Serbia and Kosovo” is nothing new, and its signing in the strategic framework of EU for negotiations with Serbia was stated as Belgrade’s obligation.
As soon as Serbia has entered into negotiations with the Union, she automatically has agreed with this provision, western diplomats point.
However, what actually means this document, including membership of Kosovo in the UN, the framework for negotiations does not tell. Our interlocutors have explained that Serbia has committed to not hinder Kosovo’s entry to the EU, and the full status of Kosovo in the UN is one of the basic requirements for a country to become a member of the Union. Western sources rejected claims from Pristina that “Brussels 2” would be “peace agreement” and that the two sides would sign it in 2016.
This is just a desire on the one side, they point out, arguing that the same goes for the desire of Pristina to incorporate in the agreement a provision about “war compensation” from Belgrade towards Pristina.
Legally binding agreement has to be signed by the end of the negotiations on accession of Serbia to the EU, whenever it happens – say interlocutors of Blic.
We remind that the ambition of the Government of Serbia is to complete the negotiations by the end of 2018, in order to enter the EU by the end of 2020th.
