The chapter 35, in negotiations with the EU, will be the most difficult for Serbia, some analysts estimate, because it is a political condition which requires a comprehensive normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, and even the recognition of Kosovo's independence.
Minister for Communities and Returns in the Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtic said tonight that the opening of the first chapters of the EU with Serbia were extremely important news for the Serbs in Kosovo.
- For those of us who live in Kosovo, opening of chapters is important, but also that everything agreed in Brussels will be implemented - he said in a statement to RTS.
The EU has published its common position on chapter 35 relating to Kosovo, which was opened late on Monday.
The text stresses that "this first set of interim benchmarks will be updated" and that "if progress in the normalization of relations with Kosovo significantly lags behind progress in the negotiations overall" the opening of other chapters could be frozen.
Lumir Abdixhiku is surprised that no one from the European Union or form Kosovo leadership reacted nor did they send a note to Serbia, when senior state officials such as Serbia’s Minister of Justice, Serbian army’s chief general, Minister of Defense and Orthodox Church representative waited on Vladimir Lazarevic, with state ceremony and treated him as national hero despite the fact that he was sentenced with ten years of prison for the war crimes in Kosovo,. “Reaction? None.
The European Union said on Thursday it would open the first two so-called chapters of accession talks with Serbia this month, rewarding the country for a series of accords with its former Kosovo province despite their only patchy implementation.
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Head of the European Union Office in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar, said today that the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade does not have an alternative; however, he requested from the institutions of Kosovo more transparency of the process. Zbogar made these comments during the promotion of the “Big Deal”report by BIRN, Internews Kosova and Advocacy Center for Democratic Culture (ACDC) organizations, which concerns the dialogue process. “We have also lost the opposition, and the situation is such.
Creation of the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities is conditioned with the removal of Serbian parallel structures in Kosovo, says Kosovo government. This is the agreement that was in principle reached in Brussels and is parallel with a process of drafting the status of the A/CSM, where three-party group would work on the abolishment of ‘parallel structures’.
The opening of chapters in the EU accession talks is a significant positive signal and an acknowledgement for all the reforms undertaken by the Serbian government, says Serbian Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic.
"Officially, we opened the negotiations in 2014 and we have completed the screening - the opening of chapters is the next step and a significant positive signal," Joksimovic said to RTS.
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, spoke during an extraordinary press conference about the visit of the Serbian General accused for war crimes in Kosovo, Ljubisa Dikovic. He said that the government of Kosovo did not have any information with regards to his visit to Kosovo.
Serbia and Kosovo must now redouble their efforts in the dialogue in order to reach new agreements, says for Blic, British Minister for Europe David Lidington.
In an interview for Blic, Lidington points out that at present is crucial to continue the Brussels dialogue, regardless of all the problems.