Head of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Ismet Beqiri, posted a picture on his Facebook account with the president of European People’s Party, Joseph Daul, taken at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Under the caption, Beqiri wrote that Kosovo Assembly also opened an office today at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Kosovo Assembly adopted today the national programme for implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) for the 2017-2021 period. The programme received 64 votes in favour and none against. Chairman of today’s Assembly session, Xhavit Haliti, said it was important to approve the programme ahead of the meeting of the SAA commission scheduled for Thursday.
The Committee for Foreign Affairs, met today with Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General. After the meeting which lasted more than two hours, Tanin said to the media that UNMIK is a decision of the Security Council and that this is the reason why they are here. He also said that they will be in Kosovo as long as the Security Council wants them to be.
Member of the Assembly of Kosovo Jasmina Živković says that it is unacceptable for MP to use the parliamentary rostrum and blame the whole nation for the legal process. She referred to the Daut Haradinaj's address at the session of the Kosovo parliament.
Živković says that while listening to the translation in the Assembly, she has understood that Daut Haradinaj has confirmed that he knowingly has made the statement to the local television last week.
Slavko Simic, leader of the Serbian List which today decided to end its six-month boycott of Kosovo institutions, said at the meeting of the Kosovo Assembly presidency that they are ready to vote in favour of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. This, said Simic, would be done “for the sake of the citizens so that they don’t remain isolated.”
Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo, said today he respects the decision of the Serbian List to return to the Kosovo Assembly. “We know that Albanian representatives have their justifications for the anti-constitutional formation of the army. But this cannot happen, because Serb representatives are not returning to the Kosovo Assembly for the army.
Kosovo delegation led by Kosovo Assembly Deputy Presidents, Xhavit Haliti, and Slobodan Petrovic, are participating at the works of NATO Parliamentary Assembly, in Sarajevo.
During the three-day “Rose Roth” meeting, of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, they will analyze the political and security situation in the region and countries that are undergoing major security crisis, war against international terrorism, security in Europe, lowering of nationalist tensions among Balkans states and nations.
Several news websites report that the Kosovo Assembly Presidency has postponed its meeting due to lack of quorum on decision-making. “Due to the lack of quorum on decision-making, we are postponing the meeting of the Assembly Presidency for another day, because some of our colleagues are not in the country,” Assembly President Kadri Veseli is quoted as saying.
European Parliament Vice President, Ulrike Lunacek, reacted to the resolution of the Kosovo Assembly calling for suspension of dialogue with Belgrade by saying both parties need to resume talks. “Belgrade and Pristina must get back to the negotiating table and continue dialogue process. Serbia needs to withdraw its outdated international arrest warrant against Ramush Haradinaj,” Lunacek tweeted.
Kosovo Assembly approved yesterday a resolution sponsored by the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) calling for suspension of dialogue with Serbia until the party leader, Ramush Haradinaj, is released. Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, said the Kosovo side will respect the resolution calling it "fair".