In his latest press conference, President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci said agreement with Serbia cannot be achieved without compromise and this can only be done through border correction.
“Agreement will be reached if parties make compromise. There are those who say Serbia should recognise Kosovo and I agree with this but I have to be direct in the most honest way possible and state Serbia is doing no such thing presently,” Thaci said adding: “Some might say Russia will revoke right to veto on Kosovo at the Security Council. This is also not happening despite outmost efforts of all our partners. I see no hope this happening without an agreement and this is why I have proposed border correction. I have argued that agreement would result in recognition from Serbia and unification of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac with Kosovo.”
He said the progress Kosovo has made so far has been achieved with the help of its partners but said this was not enough. “We are all aware that Kosovo’s full and long-term stability is unavoidably linked to Kosovo’s membership as a country in the UN, NATO, and EU. Kosovo will be a sustainable country only by being member state in UN, NATO, and EU,” he added.
Thaci further called on all political parties to join dialogue with Serbia. “I am here to once again call on all political spectrum, the civil society, media, to work together to close the process of talks within a short period of time by creating conditions for signing agreement that would enable full normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia and open European perspective for Kosovo and Serbia,” he underlined.
