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LDK, Vetevendosje: Thaci has no authority to negotiate interstate aspects with Serbia (media)

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The leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Isa Mustafa and leader of Vetevendosje Albin Kurti issued a joint statement following their meeting yesterday saying they will remain engaged for an independent state of Kosovo as a parliamentary republic with a territorial and institutional integrity, state sovereignty and inviolable borders. LDK and Vetevendosje said that negotiation of a final agreement with Serbia needs to be done through a parliamentary formula that guarantees broad political unity: “Assembly of Kosovo is the only institution that exercises authority over what can and cannot be negotiated, through a transparent decision-making process with at least two-thirds of qualified majority.” The two leaders agreed that negotiating any issue which is a fundamental part of Kosovo’s statehood is unacceptable and noted that an agreement with Serbia cannot be seen in any other way except from acknowledgment Kosovo enjoys in its veto towards Serbia’s accession in the EU which, LDK and Vetevendosje say, is clearly stipulated in Chapter 35 of the European Commission’s enlargement strategy: “Serbia cannot join the EU without reaching an agreement with Kosovo and this is therefore the only thing Kosovo can give to Serbia in exchange for it recognising the independent state of Kosovo.” The opposition parties also said Kosovo will have full coordination and appreciation for the position of the U.S., Germany, France, United Kingdom, and Italy and will seek their assistance in empowering its independence. Kurti and Mustafa concluded that calling an international conference for an agreement between Kosovo and Serbia would be unnecessary and unacceptable as this would pave way for Russia and China to interfere in Kosovo’s independence process concluded in 2008. “Kosovo is an independent country and its statehood cannot be renegotiated in any of its constitutive elements. Kosovo will remain as such in the international law with or without recognition from Serbia,” the two parties declared.

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