President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said today at a consultative meeting with representatives of parliamentary parties that he would soon announce the date of Kosovo Assembly’s constitutive session. Thaci called on parties to be ready for the session which he said he would set in consultation with Assembly’s administration and within the legally-defined timeframe. Thaci said the new government of Kosovo should be a government of stability and multiethnic and that it should work on Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic integration processes.

Vetevendosje MP, Albulena Haxhiu, told Telegrafi that Kadri Veseli is a divisive figure and that he is not worthy for President of the Assembly of Kosovo. She added that the Assembly President should be a personality who represents unity. She also suggested to the Democratic Party of Kosovo to consider some other candidate who is worthy of being Assembly President. “We would not vote a figure such as Kadri Veseli for Assembly President,” she said.

Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO Allied Command Operations, General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, and KFOR Commander, Major General Giovanni Fungo, met in Pristina today Kosovo President Hashim Thaci. Thaci thanked NATO officials for support in maintaining peace in Kosovo and stressed that the Alliance’s role in Kosovo has been crucial not only for security and stability in the region but also for cooperation between all communities. He said NATO’s role was “irreplaceable” and that Kosovo would always be grateful for it.

Vetevendosje will not take part in President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci’s meeting on Monday to discuss the timing of the Assembly’s constitutive session, said MP Albulena Haxhiu. Haxhiu said the meeting was “completely unnecessary”. “It would be better for the president of the country to call the constitutive session and not such meetings which are unnecessary. Vetevendosje has reviewed President’s invitation and will not take part in the meeting”, she added.

Quoting sources from the Kosovo Assembly, Telegrafi reports that President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci is expected to announce date for Assembly’s constitutive session today or tomorrow. Sources said the likeliest date for the session will be sometime next week as many MPs are presently away on holidays.

New MP from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Lumir Abdixhiku, accused the President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci of “unjustifiably” delaying the process for calling the constitutive session of the Assembly and thus favouring his old party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). “I don’t know what he is waiting for,” said Abdixhiku of Thaci adding that Kosovo cannot afford to lose any time and needs to establish new institutions as quickly as possible.

The candidate for the Prime Minister from PAN coalition, Ramush Haradinaj invited yesterday for a meeting the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa and the leader of Vetevendosje movement, Visar Ymeri, however both political leaders rejected his invitation.

Member of the leadership of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Muharren Nitaj told Telegrafi that the invitation was completely normal.

Kosovo’s Special Prosecution has indicted today a Serb man from Mitrovica on suspicion of having been involved in crimes against civilian population in Vushtrri/Vucitrn. The accused is alleged to have been part of Serbian police reserve units operating in the region of Vushtrri/Vucitrn and for killing a 13-year-old Albanian boy in 1999. The accused is also charged with involvement in the expulsion of civilian population from their homes.

The Missing persons’ resource center appealed to Belgrade and Pristina as well as to the international community to nominate senior representatives in order to bring the suffering of the missing persons’ families to an end.

The representative of this center, Bajram Çerkini, said that they urge Pristina and Belgrade to use the information that they possess in order to enlighten the fate of the missing.

Kosovo’s outgoing Minister of Interior, Skender Hyseni, received a letter from Interpol’s Secretary General, Jurgen Stock, regarding Kosovo’s application for membership. The letter says that a feasibility study has been finalized and submitted to the Executive Committee which has decided to vote on Kosovo’s membership application during upcoming Interpol’s General Assembly set to take place in September, in China.