Coalition partners, Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), namely the parties’ working groups, are set to meet today and agree on division of ministerial posts. According to Gazeta Blic, it is almost certain and that the agreement will be reached before Wednesday when the PDK leader, Hashim Thaci, is to travel to New York to attend the UN Security Council session.

The Leader of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, said that finalization of power-sharing agreement with Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) will happen very soon. He said his party would not enter a coalition with anyone if the post of prime minister doesn’t go to LDK. He said the government programme will be agreed upon today or tomorrow. However, Mustafa did not specify whether the ministries will be equally divided between the two parties and whether the party that gets the post of prime minister will get less ministries.

Skender Hyseni, a member of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and former Minister for Foreign Affairs, is expected to lead the Kosovo delegation in talks with Belgrade in Brussels. Unidentified sources told the news website that Hyseni however would not get the post of Minister of Foreign Minister. “Both parties [the LDK and the Democratic Party of Kosovo – PDK] have agreed to the proposal for Hyseni to lead the dialogue,” a senior LDK official said.

Leader of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, before signing coalition agreement with leader of Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Hashim Thaci, had imposed certain conditions to the PDK, the main one being that Mustafa becomes the future prime minister of Kosovo. Sources inside the LDK said that if this condition is not met, there will be no coalition agreement between with PDK. Mustafa is also reported to have insisted on the new government not including any official that has been implicated in corruption or any other illegal activity.

Hajredin Kuci, deputy leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), told the news website that the PDK and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) have yet to divide posts. “We are still holding talks with the LDK. There is no disagreement,” Kuci stated. A senior LDK official, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Gazeta Blic that it is not certain if names rumored in the media would get ministerial posts. The source also said that the only certainty was that LDK leader Isa Mustafa would get the post of Prime Minister.

Kosovo’s Minister of Interior Affairs, Bajram Rexhepi, told the news website that he was ready to lead this ministry for another mandate. He also stated that the coalition between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) would bring positive results and stability.

Director of the news website, Astrit Gashi, provides in an opinion piece an overview of what he believes will happen over the next two years in Kosovo. He says that all the commotion and discontent over the coalition reached between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) will have died down in two-three days and people’s attention will then shift to who the new ministers and their deputies will be. After this, the focus will be on the government plan and finding shortcomings in it.

Member of LDK leadership Lutfi Haziri, rejected in an indirect manner the circulating news that he will become the Prime Minister of Kosovo.  “I am with you that believe in the governing of the Democratic League of Kosovo, for the first time after 15 years sacrifice and compromises,” wrote Haziri on his Facebook page. “LDK will be working for the state, for pan-Albanian and Euro-Atlantic integrations, freedom of speech and prosperity,” said Haziri, a day after his leader, Isa Mustafa signed the agreement for co-governance with PDK.

Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), is adamant to include Fatmir Limaj’s Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) in the new coalition government with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). Citing unidentified sources, ORAinfo reports that Mustafa has asked PDK leader Thaci to include Limaj’s party in the coalition, but Thaci did not say anything on the matter. “Thaci was reserved about the request, but he gave no final answer,” the source said.

After the reach of the agreement for coalition, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK,) and the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK,) have started division of ministerial posts. They have established technical groups, which are expected to finalize the agreement during the next days. Eight ministries will belong to PDK and LDK, while three others are reserved for the minority community.