Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer next week in New York, during a session of the United Nations General Assembly, diplomatic circles say to Belgrade based daily Danas.
There will not be border corrections or the territory swap between Kosovo and Serbia because that would leave the unforeseen consequences, Bodo Weber, a German analyst, has said, the KoSSev website reported.
Weber, an expert on the Balkans – European Union relations, also said late on Monday that both Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic and his Kosovo’s counterpart Hashim Thaci realised that there was a significant resistance within the EU, especially from Germany, to any border changes.
EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn says that within the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, "territorial exchange" or "border correction" is not excluded as "the final part of the puzzle", reports Radio television of Serbia, quoting the FYROM's news agency MIA.
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci in an interview for Belgrade based daily Danas says that as leaders they are responsible for the well-being of our children and future generations, when talking about Brussels based negotiation, and he thinks that President Vucic and himself were willing to prevent the past from blocking the future or endanger peace in the region in the next five or 50 years.
Deputy Prime Minister Dalibor Jevtic says in the Show 'Dogovor' of the RTV KIM that despite the pressure, the Serbian List remains at the position not to vote for the ratification of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro, because, as he says, at present representatives of this Serbian party are not interested in it.
He also says that a meeting with the Speaker of Parliament Kadri Veseli did not happen two days ago, as the Albanian media reported, reports KIM radio.
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, called on Vetevendosje MPs and its splinter group to support the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. He it’s absolutely paramount for MPs to attend the demarcation session on Tuesday and noted that any absence would send a message in favour of Kosovo’s isolation. “I urge Visar [Ymeri] and other colleagues to consider where we have come. If in moments like these we don’t understand our role, I don’t know how processes will reflect,” Haradinaj said.
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, announced today that the agreement for border demarcation with Montenegro will be put to vote on Tuesday, 14.00hrs. Haradinaj did not respond to questions whether they managed to secure sufficient votes to ratify the agreement.
Head of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) parliamentary group, Avdullah Hoti, said his party fully supports the border demarcation with Montenegro and that it is up to the ruling coalition parties to secure the necessary votes to pass it. He said he very much hoped this issue that is being dragged on for three years finally gets an ending.
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and deputy leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Enver Hoxhaj, said he was convinced the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro will be put to vote at the Assembly this week. He said they are close to reaching consensus on ratification of the agreement. “All partners in the government, the political parties that represent the citizens of Kosovo and political parties representing Serb and non-Serb communities will support the agreement.
Koha quotes sources saying that the Kosovo Assembly is expected to convene tomorrow to vote on the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. It highlights the statements by Kosovo leaders, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli, both of whom said they expected the demarcation issue to be concluded this week.