MEP Tanja Fajon says she will continue to deal with Serbia in the new parliament.
"I expect to continue to deal with Serbia as chair of the Serbian-European Parliament Relations Committee," Fajon told Tanjug.
The European Union has mediated and will continue doing so in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, European Parliament Rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister told the Radio Television of Vojvodina. He made these remarks after asked to comment on the EU Hight Representative Federica Mogherini statement that the final agreement between Belgrade and Pristina would have to be supported by the UN Security Council.
David McAllister and Tanja Fajon, European Parliament members called upon responsible bodies to find culprits who killed Oliver Ivanovic, adding it is necessary to continue Brussels dialogue, Danas daily reports today.
“I condemn in the strongest term the murder of Oliver Ivanovic and extend sincere condolence to his family. The relevant judicial institutions must investigate this incident swiftly and professionally and bring perpetrators before the justice.
Kosovo’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Behxhet Pacolli, met today in Brussels with the European Parliament MP, Tanja Fajon.
The latter informed about the meeting on social media. “Meeting with Kosovo’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Pacolli on prospects for visa liberalization and priorities of the new government. Continuous support within the European Parliament for EU enlargement,” Fajon wrote on her Twitter account.
European Parliament’s rapporteur for visa liberalisation for Kosovo, Tanja Fajon, said in an interview to Deutsche Welle that Kosovo needs to either ratify the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro or find a different alternative but that the decision would have to be taken by Kosovo politicians. Fajon said she understood the sensitivity of the border demarcation as a condition for visa liberalisation but added that it was imposed by the European Commission and that the government of Kosovo led by Hashim Thaci at the time, agreed.
Commenting on the announcement of the imminent formation of the Armed Forces of Kosovo, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Petrit Selimi says for daily Danas that the question remains how the next few days and weeks to continue towards the joint goal in enabling Kosovo to implement the sovereign decision to establish its own army.
Selimi also argues that Belgrade has no say nor it can block the formation of this army.
In her second day of the visit to Pristina, European Parliament’s Rapporteur on visa liberalisation for Kosovo, Tanja Fajon, continued with her meetings with the Parliament of Kosovo.
Fajon met with the Commission for European Integration, to speak about visa liberalization, while the main subject of the discussions was voting of the demarcation of the border with Montenegro.
The European Parliament Rapporteur for removal of visas for Kosovo, Tanja Fajon, told Radio Free Europe that she is aware of the initiative of the Assembly of Kosovo to endorse a declaration with regards to the liberalisation of visas for Kosovo.