Leaders to agree on demarcation with Montenegro next week (Indeksonline)
The news website reports that leaders of the five parliamentary parties are expected to sign a joint declaration early next week pledging to work together in addressing the border demarcation with Montenegro. The declaration is expected to derive as a result of several meetings that were held between representatives of the ruling coalition and the opposition, initiated by Naim Rashiti from the Balkans Group and international stakeholders. Citing unnamed sources, the news website reports that representatives of the five parties will meet once again before the declaration is signed. “The idea is to have a declaration and by the end of next week to have party leaders sign it as a joint commitment to work on finding a model or solution for the border demarcation with Montenegro to be returned to the right point,” the source said. The declaration will reportedly contain a pledge by the Kosovo Government not to resend the current version of the demarcation agreement to the Assembly before a consensus is reached on the matter. “Several options were discussed in the meeting last night, whether the issue will be resolved by reviewing the agreement or by appointing a new committee or by rejecting it in the Assembly. The outcome of the process should be the commitment to a joint plan to correct this process,” the source added.