Vetevendosje MP, Albulena Haxhiu, reacted to the findings of the Government’s Commission for measuring the territory of Kosovo saying that Vetevendosje had known all along what the commission’s conclusions would be. Haxhiu said that the way the commission was set up and the way its members were selected were a clear indicator as to what its results would be. “It is shameful and painful and even unacceptable to try to manipulate the public opinion by saying Cakorr is outside the territory of Kosovo,” Haxhiu wrote on her Facebook account.

President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said at the summit of European countries Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committees taking place in Pristina that the EU often lacks vision and leadership and thus risks becoming a bureaucratic institution detached from its citizens. “One of those speaking strongly about Brussels lacking vision is me but there is no other alternative for us nor are we seeking a different one,” Thaci said.

Head of the EU Office in Kosovo and the EU Special Representative Nataliya Apostolova said that visa liberalisation is in the hands of Kosovo politicians and called on them to fulfill the last two remaining conditions – ratification of border demarcation agreement with Montenegro and fight corruption. “European agenda needs to be implemented by the government of Kosovo. 93 out of 95 criteria have been met.

President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said in an interview to RTK that there will be no visa liberalisation for Kosovo until the Assembly ratifies border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. “If ratification does not happen this month, then there would immediately be liberalisation but if this is delayed for another 2-3 years, liberalisation will also be postponed that much,” Thaci said. He called on Kosovo Assembly members to put the interests of Kosovo before party ones.

The commission set up by Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa to measure the territory of Kosovo has denied reports there are disagreements between its members and noted that it is working intensively to carry out the task it has been entrusted with. In a statement, the commission confirmed that members of the opposition and two mayors have not attended its meetings and called on them to join the discussion and provide their contribution. “There are no disagreements as suggested by certain media. The commission is working in a professional manner.”

Kosovo’s Deputy Minister of Local Government and Administration, Bajram Gecaj, said that the agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro cannot be ratified without the votes from Serbian List MPs. “We also have some MPs from the ruling coalition that have opposed this agreement but the Government of Kosovo has initiated the setting up of a professional commission for resolving demarcation,” said Gecaj.

The Government of Kosovo approved today the proposal for establishment of a commission of experts that will carry out the measuring of Kosovo territory. Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci said the experts will measure the territory of Kosovo prior to 25 August 2015 up to the signing of the agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said earlier that the goal of the commission would be to prove to the citizens and legislators that Kosovo has not lost any territory to Montenegro through the border demarcation process.

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, met five days ago in Albanian city Shkodra, his Montengrin counterpart, Duško Marković. The meeting made many headlines in the media however there was no information about the issues discussed on Saturday evening.

The news site reports that the government does not intend to give up on the issue of border demarcation with Montenegro. Kosovo government officials said if the recent proposal for measurement of the territory is not realized, there will be new initiatives to put an conclusion to this agreement. Kosovo’s Deputy Minister of Local Government Administration, Bajram Gecaj, told the news site the government will undertake new initiatives as it is vital for the citizens to resolve this issue. “We have taken this initiative, but we will see other options.

Kosovo Assembly MP from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), who is also professor of geography and one of the main opponents of the agreement on demarcation of the border with Montenegro, Shpejtim Bulliqi, objected the proposal of the Prime Minister of Kosovo on establishment of a new commission which would asses’ delineation of the border. He said that Mustafa’s idea is not the right one at all. According to him the territory cannot be measured without prior decision on the start points of the measurement.