Any new agreement between Belgrade and Pristina that would be reached in May could have a positive, but not decisive effect on the decision of EU member states on the opening of the first chapter in the negotiations, said interviewees of Danas close to the government, but also the European institutions.
Serbs from the north of Kosovo should return to the Kosovo institutions since Belgrade received the guarantees at the round of the dialogue in Brussels that the coalition agreement of the Serbian List with Hashim Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Isa Mustafa’s Democratic League of Kosovo would be respected, Vecernje Novosti reports.
It’s been two years since the signing of the Agreement for the Normalization of Relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
The accord was signed on April 19, 2013 in Brussels by the prime ministers of Kosovo and Serbia, Hashim Thaci and Ivica Dacic, with the brokerage of the EU head of for foreign affairs, Catherine Ashton. The text contains 15 points.
"Serbia will not further burden the Brussels-based dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina," estimated Jadranka Joksimovic, Minister without portfolio in charge of European integration, responding to the question whether the announced Kosovo genocide lawsuit affect the talks on the normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo. She specified that "Brussels dialogue is not an easy process," and that it should not be additionally burdened. "We will not do it," said Jadranka Joksimovic.
The agreement signed last week in Brussels, according to which the Civil Protection in northern Kosovo will be dissolved till 1 September upset the Serbs north of the Ibar/Iber River. They are particularly concerned about the “mysterious atmosphere” related to the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, bearing in mind that the Albanian side comes out with the official announcement, while Belgrade is silent.
The Kosovo government has presented the European Union report of the Brussels dialogue and implementation of agreements covering the period from 1 October 2014 to 20 March 2015.
The report, signed by minister without portfolio and Kosovo chief negotiator, Edita Tahiri, contains the Kosovo government’s assessment on the progress and challenges in the process of implementation of agreements for normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
Is boycott of Kosovo institutions strategy of the Serbian List or a ‘theater’?
In line with Kosovo laws and the Brussels Agreement, Association of Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo will have neither executive nor monitoring jurisdiction, instead it will have a coordination and advisory role. Serbian side knows this as of the moment of signing the Brussels agreement. I am following the debate between officials in Serbia – I advise them to stay away from illusions and think about what was agreed in Brussels.
By normalization of relations Pristina implies that they will submit a lawsuit for genocide against Serbia, while in the same time they expect from Belgrade to enable it through recognizing ‘Republic of Kosovo’ at the United Nations.
Berlin seeks implementation of the entire Brussels Agreement. The beginning of the negotiations will not be on the agenda of the European Council until the autumn session.
Serbia could open the first chapters in early fall; if all the points from the Brussels agreement were applied - Novosti learns at the top of the European administration.
It is certain, however, that the judicial agreement reached at the last round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, will not unlock chapters of Serbia with the EU.