President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, has urged MPs to vote in favour of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. In a Facebook post, Thaci said the pro-vote would break Kosovo’s isolation for good and set a new momentum for Kosovo’s European integration. “The vote for ratification of demarcation is a vote for the citizens’ freedom of movement in the Schengen area, it is a vote for Kosovo in Europe. I therefore call on all parties to respect the will of all citizens, regardless of ethnic and religious background, to move freely.

Srpska Lista will not vote for demarcation with Montenegro “despite false and tendentious claims” published in all Albanian-language media and rerun by part of the Serbian media, Srpska Lista said, KoSSev portal reported.

“Something like that was not agreed with us and we will not support demarcation, as it is falsely claimed, instead we will continue to fight for the interests of Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija and not for the interests of certain domestic and foreign centers of power,” Srpska Lista further said, KoSSev portal reported.

Albulena Haxhiu from Vetevendosje said that they have sued President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci for treason for signing the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro in 2015 which the party claims strips 8,000 ha of Kosovo territory.

The only Serbian deputy in the Assembly of Kosovo who is not part of the Serbian List, Slobodan Petrovic from the Independent Liberal Party (SLS) stated for the Voice of America that he would support the ratification of the demarcation agreement with Montenegro, reports Kontakt plus radio.

The Party of Kosovo Serbs, Aleksandar Jablanovic says that it is almost certain that the Albanian parties will have the support of the Serbian List, reports Kossev.

The Kosovo Assembly will discuss today the amended Bill on ratification of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. Despite the concessions from Podgorica that the demarcation agreement of 2015 can be corrected, the ruling majority does not have secured votes of 81 deputies, as needed for the adoption of the bill, Radio Television of Serbia reports today.

Vetevendosje leader, Albin Kurti, said in a press conference today that the statement signed by President of Montenegro Filip Vujanovic and Kosovo’s Hashim Thaci is a “manipulation” and that its aim is to save certain people at the government of Kosovo. He highlighted that ratification of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro is not the only condition for visa liberalisation and that fight of corruption and organised crime are also among the visa liberalisation criteria. “Why all this haste on the part of Thaci and Haradinaj?

Former Vetevendosje leader and MP, Visar Ymeri, said the annex agreement on border demarcation signed by presidents of Kosovo and Montenegro leaves many things “foggy”. In a Facebook post, Ymeri wrote that renegotiation of the demarcation agreement is good news but the order of decisions in this regard is not only dangerous but also absurd. “The order of things is important.

Behgjet Pacolli’s New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) hailed the statement signed by Kosovo and Montenegro presidents on border demarcation. “New Kosovo Alliance strongly supports the progress on the issue and urged the two sides to act swiftly in fully implementing the agreement, along with its annex,” AKR said in a statement.  At the same time, AKR called on all political parties in Kosovo to look forward towards European integration that begins with visa liberalisation for the people of Kosovo.

President of the Kosovo Assembly and leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Kadri Veseli, has welcomed the signing of a joint statement between President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, and President of Montenegro, Filip Vujanovic. In a Facebook post, Veseli said that the “reaching of national consensus” on ratification of border demarcation agreement is very good news. “On this independence jubilee, the isolation of the country ends and liberalisation road opens for our citizens,” Veseli wrote.