Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) secretary, Bilall Sherifi, criticized the decision of Kosovo President Hashim Thaci to meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Brussels. In a Facebook post, Sherifi said Brussels dialogue should be preceded by an internal government-opposition dialogue in Kosovo which would result in “a national consensus” on the future course of action.

Sherifi said Thaci is behaving now as he did when prime minister when he “would go to Brussels, undergo talks and sign agreements” without authorization from the Kosovo Assembly. He added that Thaci’s move is “wrong, damaging and as such will weaken Kosovo’s position in the process of talks in the future.”