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Kosovo and Serbia agree on full implementation of the declaration on missing persons

2024-12-17 19:42:12Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Kosovo and Serbia agree on full implementation of the declaration on missing

Kosovo and Serbia have agreed to fully implement the joint statement on missing persons during a trilateral meeting between the two countries’ chief negotiators at the European Union envoy in Brussels on Tuesday. This was confirmed on December 17 by the head of the Kosovo delegation, Besnik Bislimi, and the head of the Serbian delegation, Petar Petkovic, after a meeting with the EU Special Representative for Dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak.

Kosovo and Serbia reached an agreement in 2023 on the Joint Declaration on Missing Persons, within the framework of the dialogue for the normalization of relations mediated by the European Union.

The commitments made with this declaration include: full access to confidential information, including that with classified status; making available all documents relevant to determining the fate of missing persons, as well as joint work through a commission chaired by the European Union.

But, so far, none of this has been implemented in practice, Radio Free Europe reports .

Bislimi said that Kosovo and Serbia will have a joint commission, which will begin dealing with these issues starting in January.

"Now we can move forward so that the first meeting of the joint commission can be held next month. There are promises from Serbia that there will be no tendency for the work of this commission to be hindered in the future," said Bislimi.

According to the Red Cross, there are still 1,612 people missing from the war in Kosovo. You can read who they are here.

Petkovic said that the "final necessary step" has been taken on the issue of missing persons and that the last obstacle to the implementation of the declaration on missing persons has now been removed.

"We have the declaration, we have the rules of procedure, and now we have agreed on a joint commission that will support the working group, which, as so far, is chaired by the International Committee of the Red Cross," he said.

The last meeting at this level within the framework of the EU-facilitated dialogue took place on October 23 in Brussels. There have been no other meetings since then.

Bislimi said that the issue of missing persons was just one of the topics that were addressed on Tuesday in Brussels.

He said that in the meeting with Lajcak he also discussed the energy agreement, saying that he highlighted the "violations" that Serbia has made to the telecom agreement and, "especially by not activating the interconnection lines."

Petkovic said that integrated border management, veterinary certificates, and requests to open other crossings for Serbian goods, and telecommunications were also discussed.

Meanwhile, Bislimi added that what he expressed concern about in particular is that Serbia does not want to allow the Kosovo Government to help Albanians in the Presevo Valley.

"The relevant ministry in Serbia wants to force the Albanian National Council to withdraw the call for humanitarian aid for farms in Serbia, despite the fact that there is full transparency in it," said Bislimi.


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