The President of the Kosovo Assembly, Kadri Veseli, during his visit to Washington, met with U.S. Senator John McCain and thanked him for his personal support for all phases of Kosovo’s state-building process. Veseli briefed McCain on developments and challenges in Kosovo and asked McCain to keep Kosovo at the focus of the U.S. Senate. McCain congratulated Veseli on the work done so far and encouraged him to continue fulfilling constitutional obligations for the good of all Kosovo’s citizens.

The Assembly of Kosovo has issued a press release announcing that the next plenary session will take place tomorrow at 11.00hrs. The session’s agenda also includes the review of the proposal for new members to the Procurement Review Body.

Today’s session of the Kosovo Assembly started off with observing a minute of silence in honor of the victims of the Brussels terror attacks. In an address, Prime Minister Isa Mustafa urged the people of Kosovo not to join terrorist groups and added that Kosovo is committed to remaining part of the alliance against terrorism.

The news site reports that the Kosovo Assembly began its session today by marking the 17th anniversary of the NATO air raids against Serbian targets and in defense of Kosovo Albanians in 1999. Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli and Isa Mustafa delivered speeches commemorating the NATO raids and highlighted their importance for the liberation of Kosovo. Veseli and Mustafa also talked about the global war against terror and Kosovo’s commitment to this front. The MPs observed a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the recent terror attacks in Brussels.

The President of the Assembly of Kosovo, Kadri Veseli, who is also acting leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, will meet this week with the Prime Minister of Kosovo to discuss a new platform for overcoming the crisis. This platform could include an agreement on early elections, reports Top Channel.

According to sources of this media, within the cabinet of the Assembly President, the offer could result with a comprehensive agreement for early elections, but not in a short period of time.

The leader of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), Fatmir Limaj, is certain that Kosovo will proceed to early elections. He is even ready to sit and discuss as part of the opposition with the governing parties in order to set the election agenda. “The only way is to sit and set the election date and we are ready for this at any time,” Limaj Said.

The government of Kosovo announced that it will meet on Friday to re-submit the proposals for nomination of the members of the Procurement Review Body to the Assembly of Kosovo. “The government of Kosovo will respect any procedure of the Assembly of Kosovo and it will accept any decision made by Kosovo Assembly MPs,” stresses a press release issued by the government.

Today’s continuation of the plenary session of the Kosovo Assembly aimed at appointing members for the Procurement Review Body, one of the prerequisites for visa liberalization, has failed. The chairman of the session, Xhavit Haliti, initially said that none of the representatives of the Serb community met the criteria to be appointed for the procurement authority whereas when the electronic voting of the members that were deemed to meet the criteria took place, the MPs from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) did not vote.

After the request of the Constitutional Court, Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, submitted his version of election of the President of Kosovo at the Assembly session of 26 February. In a prolonged replay, Veseli stresses that the Assembly of Kosovo has elected the President in accordance with the Constitution.

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, appealed today once again to the opposition parties to return to the Assembly and dialogue for the problems that concern them. During today’s meeting of the government, Mustafa said that certain opposition parties should give up violence and discourse that embeds hatred. “It is in the interest of the country for us to work, improve the lives of citizens. They should renounce from violence and attacks of buildings and of police.