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Peja/Pec residents to protest against border demarcation with Montenegro (KosovaPress)

The residents of Peja/Pec will protest tomorrow against Kosovo governemnt signing the agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro.  Former Mayor of Peja, Ali Lajci, who is one of the organizers of this protest, told KosovaPress that the protest will start at 12:00 and will last for one hour. Lajci also called on the people from different places in Kosovo to join the protest.

Border demarcation agreement with Montenegro to be signed in Vienna (Gazeta Express)

The Montenegrin paper Vijesti has reported that the border demarcation agreement between Kosovo and Montenegro, negotiated since 2009, will be signed on 27 August in Vienna during the Western Balkans summit. According to the paper, the basis of the agreement will be the borderline of 1974. The signing of the agreement will be witnessed by Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga and Montenegro President Filip Vujanovic but the document will be signed by foreign and internal affairs ministers.

Haradinaj: Suspend the initiative on border demarcation with Montenegro (media)

Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), has sent a letter to Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, Assembly President Kadri Veseli, Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, calling on them to suspend the initiative for the demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro. Haradinaj argues in his letter that the border demarcation suggested by the Kosovo government constitutes a violation of the Constitution of Kosovo. “The proposition violates the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Kosovo.

Kosovo and Montenegro favor "safe country of origin" status (Deutsche Welle)

The leaders of Kosovo and Montenegro have said they believe Germany should designate their countries as "safe" countries of origin. This status should make it more difficult for people to be granted asylum in Germany.

According to a report published in Tuesday's edition of the German business daily "Handelsblatt," both Kosovo's Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and his Montenegrin counterpart, Milo Dukanovic made their wishes clear in letters to the German member of the European Parliament, David McAllister.

Hoxhaj: There is no agreement on demarcation with Montenegro (Telegrafi)

Head of the Assembly Commission for Foreign Affairs, Enver Hoxhaj, denied during the meeting of the commission for demarcation of the border, the news reported by Montenegrin media that Kosovo and Montenegro have reached an agreement on definition of the borders.”

According to Montenegrin media, Kosovo and Montenegro reached agreement on border demarcation 20 days ago and the agreement is based on the 1974.

Kosovo-Montenegro Border Talks Stir Suspicions (Balkan Insight)

Parliamentarians in both Kosovo and Montenegro are unhappy with the behind-closed-doors negotiations on their border - and each government is being accused of giving too much away.

Kosovo parliamentarians have accused their government of not being transparent in its negotiations with Montenegro over the northwestern border - and even of handing over territory.

Kosovo in danger of losing 12 thousand hectares from demarcation with Montenegro (Koha)

Kosovo Assembly Speaker, Kadri Veseli, met with community representatives of Rugova, close to the border line with Montenegro, and head of the commission for demarcation of the borderline with Montenegro, Ali Lajci. He listened to their concerns related to the demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro.

After the meeting, at a joint press conference, Veseli praised the relations between Kosovo and Montenegro, and assessed them as excellent.