Klan Kosova carries an opinion piece by Sandra Joireman originally published by The Washington Post.

Smoke, shouting, chaos and tear gas are the staples of a riot — or an assembly session in Kosovo. It has become common for opposition parties in this western Balkan state to delay votes through the use of tear gas and other obstructionist tactics. It happens so often that the government had to get more powerful metal detectors and augment the building’s ventilation system.

Montenegro has unfortunately recognized Kosovo as independent, and now Podgorica and Pristina are in dispute over a piece of territory that belongs to neither.

This is what Milovan Drecun (SNS), chairman of the Serbian Assembly's Committee on Kosovo and Metohija, has told Sputnik.

Instead this territory - the subject of a contentious demarcation agreement - belongs to the Republic of Serbia, Drecun said.

Veton Surroi considers that renegotiation of the agreement for the demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro is an interest of Kosovo, because, according to him, this would create an internal consensus. He also considers that it is an interest of Kosovo and Montenegro for the demarcation to happen based on the consent of both parties. Currently this is not possible being that one of the parties is not unanimous, he writes.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has confirmed he will support the establishment of a Serbian-Albanian Chamber of Commerce.

This organization is meant to ensure a more efficient communication and cooperation between businesspeople.

The Chamber will contribute to improving trade, investment and economic ties between the two countries, according to a statement issued by the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS), carried by Beta.

Vetëvendosje leader Visar Ymeri told a press conference in Pristina today that a popular protest will be held on September 1 in Pristina to reject the border-demarcation agreement with Montenegro. “The Kosovo Government is working against the interests of the people and the state. If this agreement is implemented, Kosovo will lose its precious peaks, springs and other wealth. Those that have seized the state are trying to push forward this agreement.

Montenegro police has prevented residents of villages from Deçan/Dečani and Peja/Peć municipalities from reaching the so-called Kulla e Zhlepit location which the opposition and local residents claim is where the border between Kosovo and Montenegro should be. Police said that area is in the territory of Montenegro. The residents turned back but urged the Assembly MPs not to ratify the border demarcation agreement.

The agreement is final, by which the border between Montenegro and Kosovo was established, says Chief of the Management Board for the borders of Montenegro, Milan Paunović.

He told Television of Montenegro that the demarcation between Montenegro and Kosovo has ended, as well as that Kosovo's parliament would ratify the agreement in August.

President of the Democratic People's Party of Montenegro Milan Knežević said in Prizren that the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija are not alone and that Montenegro has not forgotten them. Knežević said that his desire was to send a message from Prizren, stating that Montenegrin people feel that K&M is their Jerusalem, a holy land. He expressed the gratitude to the church and the people in Kosovo and Metohija, which all these years preserved Serbian religion and spirituality.

Slobodan Vujičić, head of the Association of the Montenegrins of Kosovo, said during the roundtable held today that the agreement between Kosovo and Montenegro on the demarcation of the border, should be initially ratified at the Assembly, then both parties should create a commission that would re- measure the border. He added that solution of this matter should not be political being that Podgorica has expressed readiness to make the required measurements once again.

Demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro was defined by the NATO multiethnic forces. The entire debate so far on the issue appears to have been vain.

Gazeta Fjala found out that the borderline between Kosovo and Montenegro was confirmed by Kumanovo Agreement, which ended presence of Serbian armed forces in Kosovo.

This agreement has defined Kosovo’s borderline, by respecting the border situation of 1988.