European Commissioner Johannes Hahn says that "must not be endangered what has already been achieved in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina," and that “must be looking forward, not backward."
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić says that the decision of the French Court to release the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj, presents an indication of rejection of the indictment of Serbia.
"I believe that the European Union has given such a directive to all member states," said Nikolić for Večernje Novosti.
Nikolić said that "in such relationships will not be justice for the innocent Serbian victims of war crimes committed by Albanians."
Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, said that the intention of the dialogue with Serbia in Brussels is reciprocal recognition of statehood.
“Civic Initiative for Action considers that the European Union holds the main responsibility for the dividing wall built in Mitrovica, therefore, they will organize today a symbolic action to request from the EU, as mediator of the negotiations between Kosovo and Serbia, to ruin the wall and expel from Kosovo Serbian state, which is ruining the republic from inside,” informed a press release issued by this Initiative.
On behalf of the EU Council, the Slovak EU Presidency has urged the Kosovo authorities to implement the agreement on the Community of Serb Municipalities.
Pristina was also urged and cooperate with a court set up to try war crimes by the former KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army").
The European Union Special Representative to Kosovo, Nataliya Apostolova, today during the meeting of the Committee on European Integration said that the EU has never built walls and will never do it. She said that the EU builds bridges and since it is not their project, the EU cannot control it. “The EU builds bridges, not walls. We are putting pressure to respect citizens' rights and transparency in dialogue. You have to make a solution. One calls it a wall, another calls it differently.
Serbia is strategically committed to EU integration, and its interest lies in regional stability, Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday.
He was speaking at an OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Hamburg, Germany.
Former Enlargement Commissioner Štefan Füle told an audience today (7 December) that if the EU distances itself from the Western Balkans, other geopolitical players will immediately seize the opportunity to assert their influence over the region.
The ex-Commissioner, who now works as a special envoy to the Balkans for the Czech ministry of foreign affairs, spoke to the BALKANS – boosting connections on the road to the EU conference, organised by the Friends of Europe, a Brussels think tank.
Office for Kosovo and Metohija and the EU Delegation in Serbia are organizing a conference on "Free legal assistance for internally displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija". The conference will take place at the Palace of Serbia.
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell, said during his speech at the opening of the Anti-corruption Week in Kosovo that corruption and nepotism in Kosovo should be fought. He said that no one should be employed based on family connections.