Draft law on demarcation proceeded to the Assembly Presidency (Koha)
Kosovo’s Assembly committee for foreign affairs, Diaspora and Strategic Investments has preceded to the Assembly the draft law on demarcation of the border with Montenegro, without a recommendation on whether to vote for or against it. It remains to the presidency to decide when to put the demarcation issue in the agenda of Assembly sessions. […]
Read More →Isufi: We have evidence showing Cakorr was part of Kosovo (Zeri)
Member of the Kosovo government’s commission for border demarcation with Montenegro said they have secured evidence showing that the disputed are of Cakorr was under Kosovo’s administration. “There are two border lines, one cadastral and the other administrative. Kosovo has administered this part of the territory and Montenegro never questioned this practice,” Isufi said. He […]
Read More →Parliamentary committee to decide tomorrow when to review border bill (media)
Kosovo Assembly’s committee on foreign affairs, diaspora and strategic investment has scheduled a meeting tomorrow and agree on the date for reviewing the draft law on ratification of border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. Once the committee concludes the review of the bill, it goes up for vote at the Assembly.
Read More →Vujanovic: Border demarcation with Kosovo is a closed topic (Indeksonline)
During a visit to Albania, President of Montenegro, Filip Vujanovic, said border demarcation with Kosovo is a closed topic. “Agreement has been ratified in Montenegro and enjoys the majority support in Kosovo. This is an internal matter for Kosovo. It should be taken into account that Brussels has put this issue as a condition to […]
Read More →MPs claim border demarcation is being discussed at wrong parliamentary committee (Kallxo)
Members of the Kosovo Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee said it should be the forum where the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro is discussed and not the European Integration Committee. Foreign Affairs Committee Chairperson, Vjosa Osmani, said the issue needs to be clarified as it could lead to procedural problems. Visar Ymeri, also part of the […]
Read More →“NISMA has not change position on border demarcation” (Klan Kosova)
Bilall Sherifi from the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) said the party continues to oppose the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro and has not changed the position despite entering a coalition government with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). Sherifi said it would be “a miracle” if the PDK voted against the agreement having in mind […]
Read More →Kosovo Commission Calls Montenegro Border Deal Damaging Deal (Balkan Insight)
The Kosovo government’s new commission on the border deal with Montengro has attacked the agreement, saying it endorsed a border that did not follow Kosovo’s previous border, when it was a province of Yugoslavia. Kosovo’s government on Monday backed a report by a new commission tasked with re- assessing the controversial border deal with Montenegro […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Kosovo damaged by the 2015 demarcation agreement (Koha)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said the report of the commission on border demarcation with Montenegro is “credible” and prepared by professionals. In a Facebook post, Haradinaj said the report confirms the view that Kosovo loses territory to Montenegro through the current border demarcation agreement. He said the commission has managed to show the […]
Read More →Veseli: PDK to vote in favour of border demarcation agreement (media)
Leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Kadri Veseli, said in a Facebook post that his party MPs will vote in favour of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. Hailing the decision of the government to submit the agreement to the Assembly, Veseli wrote that the PDK’s position on the issue is clear. “The […]
Read More →Thaci pleased with decision on demarcation, calls on MPs to vote it (Koha)
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci welcomed the decision of the government to proceed the agreement on the border demarcation with Montenegro for ratification by the Assembly. “I want to believe on the political and state will of the representatives elected by citizens, but at the same time I invite all Kosovo Assembly MPs, regardless […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: Commission did not bring concrete facts (Koha)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Enver Hoxhaj, said during the meeting of the government today that he has listened to the new Commission for demarcation of the border with Montenegro, which according to him made assessments but did not bring any concrete facts. He said the government is interested to move the issue forward by […]
Read More →Bulliqi: Agreement with Montenegro does not match border line of the former province (media)
Head of the Commission for demarcation and maintenance of the state border, Shpejtim Bulliqi, said today that that their commission unanimously concluded that the borderline as presented on the 26 August 2015 agreement reached between Kosovo and Montenegro in Vienna, is not in accordance with the administrative border line of the former socialist province of […]
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