Former Croatian Prime Minister and former leader of the SDP party Zoran Milanovic is offering his services as a consultant to Pristina and Tirana.
According to media reports, Milanovic wants to help them in the process of EU integration.
The Albanian language daily from Pristina Gazeta Express writes that he is currently offering his consulting services "in various South East Europe countries."
Edi Rama's remarks on Kosovo during his visit to Serbia have sparked a row over the level of involvement that Albania should have in Kosovo's affairs.
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi said that normalization of the relations between Serbs and Albanians does not pass from Belgrade to Tirana, but through Pristina to the other territories.
The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, said during his speech at the Security Forum in Belgrade that Kosovo is the point where he does not agree at all with the Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić. He told the Serbian Prime Minister that it would have been better for everyone if Serbia recognized Kosovo.
He added however that the political leaders in Pristina and Belgrade should be commended for the ongoing dialogue.
The leader of the Vetëvendosje movement, Visar Ymeri, has requested through a status on his Facebook profile from the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, not to go to Belgrade where the future of the Albanian-Serbian relations will be discussed.
“The PM of Albania, Edi Rama, is expected to participate tomorrow at a panel with the Prime Minister of Serbia, Vučić, to discuss on “The future of Serb-Albanian relations as well as stability in Southeastern Europe.
Hashim Thaci's intent to organize a referendum on the unification of the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo with Albania has the goal of pressuring Serbia.
This is what former head of Serbia's Military-Security Agency (VBA) Momir Stojanovic has told Russia's Sputnik broadcaster.
According to him, this announcement "coming from the president of the so-called state of Kosovo" is the consequence of the recently held RS Day referendum.
A member of the Kosovo Assembly from the ruling PDK party has spoken in favor of organizing a referendum on Kosovo's "unification with Albania."
According to Nait Hasani, Kosovo should "use the constitutional right to pass a law and organize the referendum."
Hasani said that he asked his party to do this "a long time ago" and that the law would give citizens "the right to decide about their unification with Albania," the Kossev website has reported.
Relations between Serbia and Albania "are going in the right direction."
This is what Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic and Albanian Ambassador to Serbia Ilir Bocka said when they met in Belgrade on Monday.
The two officials said this was evidenced by the upcoming activities of the two governments, which will contribute to the overall stability in the region, the Serbian government said on its website.
Serbian PM Aleksandar Vučić on Tuesday received European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc, highlighting the significance of transport projects for the development of Serbia and noting a commitment to establishing cooperation aimed at connecting the entire Western Balkans through a transport network.
Vucic said a motorway connecting Niš, Merdare, Pristina, Tirana and Durres was a priority, as were other projects agreed as part of the Berlin Process, the Serbian government press office said in a statement.
Supporters and members of the Vetëvendosje movement together with officials of the Socialist Party in Albania, announced for today at 12:00 hours a protest against demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro, in front of the Embassy of Kosovo in Tirana. The participants will be addressed by a delegation from Peja with representatives from Rugova villages at the border with Montenegro.