President of the Kosovo Assembly, Kadri Veseli, said that a broad consensus is necessary to proceed with the issue of border demarcation. At the same time, he reiterated that there will be no negotiations with the Serbian List and certainly no conditions will be accepted.

The outgoing Minister of European Integration, Bekim Çollaku today officially confirmed his departure from this post. Çollaku told a press conference on Friday that Prime Minister Isa Mustafa has approved his resignation. He said that the European agenda will be the top priority. "The road to integration is a long and challenging journey. As I announced earlier, I am leaving the post of the European Integration Minister to go to another institution that will give the largest contribution.

Head of the Pristina branch of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Avni Arifi, assessed that the debate with the people of Kosovo that they would move freely without visas, is a debate to keep alive government’s collective deceit. He called Mustafa and Thaçi deceivers, saying that both of them deceived Kosovo with visa liberalisation. “I am sorry to use these words but Thaçi has deceived Kosovo since 2010 when he used to say that he has received guarantees from the most senior levels at the EU that the EU will not be late.

Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration Bekim Çollaku said in an interview for zëri that the decision of EU Committee LIBE opens way to visa liberalization for Kosovo. However this will be done in condition that Kosovo ratifies the agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro as soon as possible. He said that ratification is a necessary condition where the EU will not compromise, and that it was made clear on Tuesday that the European Parliament will not put report on Kosovo in the agenda if this remaining criterion is not fulfilled.

Sokol Havolli, advisor to Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, told Tirana-based Top Channel that the reasons for withdrawing the border demarcation deal from the Assembly were not related to number of votes. “The government withdrew the agreement after considerable pressure and threats made towards the MPs,” Havolli said. He stressed that the ratification of demarcation deal is a prerequisite for visa liberalization and that must happen quickly, while accusing the opposition of using this deal for political purposes.

Kosovo's Cabinet has withdrawn a much-contested draft law on the ratification of the border demarcation agreement with neighboring Montenegro, apparently bowing to opposition pressure.

Prime Minister Isa Mustafa on Thursday said the law was withdrawn because of the tense situation, and pledged renewed cooperation on a new draft.

Kosovo's government dropped plans for a parliamentary vote on a bitterly contested law on establishing its definitive border with Montenegro on Thursday after coalition allies stayed away from the session.

The row has fueled months of violent clashes in the young country, including the firing of rocket-propelled grenades at parliament.

The Serbian List MP, Nenad Rasic, said on Thursday that Serb MPs were not invited to any meetings regarding the border demarcation deal with Montenegro, and therefore they didn’t participate in the Assembly session. “This is a normal reaction because Serb representatives were not invited to any official meeting that was related to the demarcation deal,” Rasic said. He denied that there were conditions imposed by the Serbian List in exchange for participating in the session. “Until this moment, I can say that there were no conditions.

Ratification of the agreement for demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro will not occur today at the Assembly of Kosovo. The government of Kosovo has decided to withdraw the point of ratification of the demarcation of the border with Montenegro from today’s agenda. According to the sources of Insajderi.com, the reason for withdrawal is that a matter of such importance cannot be ratified under current circumstances.

President of the Serbian List, Slavko Simić says that there is a possibility that, due to the poor security situation, the MPs of Serbian List and members of the Kosovo government from the Serbian community will not attend today's session of the Assembly of Kosovo and the vote on the ratification of the agreement on the demarcation with Montenegro.