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Eichhorst: EU welcomes news about draft statute of Association (media)

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Angelina Eichhorst, the European External Action Service’s Deputy Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia / Director Western Europe, Western Balkans, Turkey, visited Pristina recently and discussed with political leaders and representatives of civil society Kosovo’s European integration agenda after the adoption of the European Commission’s new Strategy for the Western Balkans. Eichhorst said the Commission’s new report on Kosovo, which will be published on April 17, will include Kosovo’s progress in implementing the Stabilization/Association Agreement and the European reforms agenda and also issues of rule of law, justice, transparency and the fight against organized crime. “Kosovo can expect constructive, effective and fruitful cooperation with the European Union and the region,” she said. Eichhorst talked about the importance of ratifying the border demarcation with Montenegro as a long-awaited and important step toward visa liberalization. She put special emphasis on the EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and the recent events in Mitrovica North. She said any dispute between Belgrade and Pristina must be addressed and resolved peacefully and through dialogue. “Kosovo must implement the agreement on the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities without further delay,” she said. Eichhorst also welcomed Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj’s announcement about the start of work of the managerial team. “We will now invite the chief negotiators from Belgrade and Pristina, their respective teams and the managerial team to hold talks in Brussels and to engage constructively in the process of drafting the statute of the Association,” Eichhorst added.

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