UNMIK Headlines 6 February
Jahjaga invites parliamentary parties to meet on Monday (Koha Ditore)
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, has invited the leaders of the political parties to meet on Monday at 09:00 hours, in order to discuss overcoming of the political crisis in Kosovo. However, the Spokesperson of the Vetevendosje Movement, Frasher Krasniqi, said on Friday that the Government of Kosovo has lost legitimacy after signing two anti-constitutional agreements therefore the only solution is resignation of the current government. “Therefore we are against and we will not respond positively to the invitation of the President,” Krasniqi said.
Member of the leadership of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), Bilall Sherifi, said that the President has continuously ignored the requests of the opposition. “Therefore as far as the Monday’s meeting is concerned, NISMA will not participate in such meetings, which are just for the sake of meeting. If the President calls a meeting for early elections, then there is no doubt that we would go,” Sherifi said.
The Spokesperson of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Muharrem Nitaj said they would respond to the President after discussing the invitation with the structures of the party.
Government admits that criterias for visa liberalization are not fulfilled (Koha Ditore)
With the request of Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, Minister for European Integration, Bekim Collaku, informed the government on Friday about the process of visa leberalization. “I can confirm that six from the eight latest recommendations are completely fulfilled. So, there is no need to discuss their fulfillment, while two of them, due to their nature, are in the process of fulfillment. One of them concerns ratification of the Agreement for demarcation between the Republic of Kosovo and Montenegro, and the other issue, is completely technical, and it was never a criteria, but it was included as a recommendation in the latest report, concerns the decision for a permanent building for the Ombudsperson,” Collaku said.
Delawie, Zbogar support Jahjaga’s invitation for the political parties (Bota Sot)
The Ambassador of the United States of America to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, supported the initiative of the President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, to meet the leaders of the political parties in order to discuss the overcoming of the political crises. “I support the initiative of the President of Kosovo to invite leaders to meet on Monday. Kosovo leaders must find common ground,” Delawie wrote on Twitter.
Head of the European Office in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar also welcomed the initiative of President Jahjaga. On his Twitter account, he appealed on the political parties to demonstrate responsibility and respond positively to the invitation, stressing that this is on interest of Kosovo and its population.
Viets: Read the Resolution of the European Parliament (dailies)
The German Ambassador to Kosovo, reiterated on Friday the appeal for the leaders of the political parties in Kosovo to start the dialogue and find a political solution. She said she hopes that political actors would listen to the appeals of the European Parliament. “Yesterday the European Parliament discussed the situation in Kosovo and endorsed a comprehensive resolution. I would recommend to all citizens of Kosovo and especially to the political actors to read this resolution, because it contains very important points,” Viets said. She also stressed that the European Parliament encourages political forces to act in a constructive manner and on interest of their country.
Kurti: Mustafa’s and Thaci’s way lead to war in Balkans (Kosova Sot)
Former leader of the Vetevendosje Movement and current Kosovo Assembly MP, Albin Kurti said on Friday for RTK that Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa and his deputy, Hashim Thaci are pursuing a road which leads to a war in Balkans. “If we pursue Mustafa’s, Thaci’s, Dacic’s and Dodik’s road, there are great chances to within four or five years, have a war in Balkans to the extent that Balkans would not exist any more,” Kurti said. Speaking about election of Hashim Thaci for the president of Kosovo, Kurti said the session is not being delayed because Thaci does not have the support of the MPs of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), but because the opposition is not allowing for the session to take place. “Time has come to have no more sessions,” said Kurti adding that they posses sufficient amount of teargas.