Albania is encouraging the achievement of the final agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, as it will enable the unification of Albania with Kosovo, said Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, reports Belgrade based daily Blic, quoting Pristina based Zeri.
EU Spokesperson Maja Kocijancic, said, in relation to the interrogation of the first witnesses in the Special Court for the war crimes in The Hague, that the court “does its job” adding the EU is clear when it comes to the reconciliation in the region and the war crimes issue.
“It is not up to me to comment on the work of the court. The court does its job. In a wider context when it comes to the EU relations with the region, reconciliation is one of the crucial principles,” Kocijancic noted.
Pristina journalist Vehbi Kajtazi said he believes Kosovo President Hashim Thaci would go to The Hauge, adding he believes the Special Court for KLA crimes would make no sense, if Thaci is not indicted, Tanjug news agency reported.
According to Tanjug, Kajtazi said this in “Pressing” broadcast on TV 7. “I expect (Hashim) Thaci to be indicted and to go to the Hague in March, he could be questioned in March,” Kajtazi said.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told Tanjug news agency when the US reacts strongly and shows its influence, there would be results as well.
He said this, in relation to the US request to Pristina to immediately revoke the taxes imposed for goods from Serbia or face sanctions.
President Vucic noted that imposed taxes stopped the dialogue, adding that frozen conflict with Pristina is the worst possible solution, as according to him, if frozen conflict melts, we will all go down.
Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) reports, quoting Serbian state news agency Tanjug, that the European Union, as mediator in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, at this moment, has no answer to the question when the process of comprehensive normalization of relations could continue.
In addition to tariffs on goods from central Serbia, the big problem is the lack of a common position among all political actors in Pristina.
German Ambassador to Serbia Thomas Schieb says there are no deadlines for Belgrade and Pristina to reach an agreement on normalization of relations.
"We hope that the dialogue on normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina will be restored as soon as possible and that progress will be made," Schieb told Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti, commenting on unofficial information that EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has asked for the dialogue to end by early June.
Ivica Dacic, the Foreign Minister of Serbia, said on Monday his country’s political priorities this year would be the Kosovo issue and the negotiating process on joining the European Union, the Beta news agency reported.
Dacic said Belgrade would not give up its commitment to the dialogue with Pristina and the search for a compromising solution which would lead to a comprehensive, long-lasting and stable solution.
Cooperation between Serbs and Albanians never existed in the true sense of that word, President of Serbian List Goran Rakic said on Sunday in Mitrovica North, TV Most reported.
The situation in Kosovo is not even among the top ten topics of US President Donald Trump and its administration, Obrad Kesic has told Prva TV.
Organizers of the protest “One of Five Million” urged on Saturday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to present to the citizens plan for Kosovo and Metohija, adding citizens are the address he should turn to, not Brussels, Washington, Moscow or Pristina, BETA news agency reports.
They also accused Vucic that the politics he is leading “withdraws the state of Serbia from Kosovo.”