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Osmani and Kurti meet with the new European Union envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue!

2025-02-14 14:41:32Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Osmani and Kurti meet with the new European Union envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia
Vjosa Osmani/ Albin Kurti

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani and Prime Minister Albin Kurti met separately on Friday with the new European Union envoy for dialogue, Peter Sorensen, regarding expectations from the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia.

The two Kosovo leaders held their first meetings with Sorensen on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, which began on Friday.

"We will continue to work with our allies to conclude this process with mutual recognition and the protection of the sovereignty, constitutionality and territorial integrity of our Republic," Osmani said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

Kurti has spoken about the importance of fully implementing the agreement on the normalization of relations, reached between Kosovo and Serbia in 2023. The parties have not signed this agreement nor have they taken any steps towards its implementation.

According to the Prime Minister's Office, Kurti said that this agreement "continues to be violated and not respected by Serbia, which also refuses to sign it and through the letter of former Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, Serbia has practically withdrawn from the agreement."

"To move forward, the signing of the agreement is needed, the withdrawal of former Prime Minister Brnabić's letter, and the surrender of the terrorist leader Milan Radoićić, for whom there is already a 160-page indictment from the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kosovo," Kurti was quoted as saying, among other things.

Peter Sorensen, from Denmark, officially started work on February 1, succeeding Miroslav Lajcak.

Osmani, Kurti and other Kosovo officials had criticized Lajcak for an unequal approach to the dialogue and for siding, on occasion, with Serbia.

The head of EU diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, said a day ago that she has heard criticism about the current format of the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, therefore she has warned that she will examine the possibility, together with Sorensen, of making the dialogue between the two neighboring countries functional.

Sorensen said on Thursday that in the last two days he has talked in Paris and Berlin about ways to advance the dialogue process.

"Grateful for their full support of my efforts," Sorensen said on X, where he also posted photos with officials from both countries.

It is not clear when Sorensen may hold the first meeting within the framework of the dialogue, given that Kosovo held elections on February 9 and is expected to form a new government, while Serbia faces political uncertainty following the resignation of the prime minister.

Kallas said he is waiting until Kosovo forms a new government to "see how to proceed."

Sorensen, unlike his predecessor, will only deal with the dialogue between the two neighboring countries, and not with regional Balkan issues.

Sorensen's appointment has been seen as a positive one, given that the 57-year-old knows the region well. A diplomat for many years, he was engaged in Kosovo, within the framework of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), as well as in other roles, in Serbia, North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to political experts, he does not need to be informed in advance about the people or historical facts of the region, because he has already had the opportunity to create an up-close overview.

Another argument that has been mentioned as positive by officials in Pristina is that he is from Denmark, a country that recognizes Kosovo's statehood, and that he will have equal access to dialogue.

Kosovo and Serbia have been in dialogue under the mediation of the European Union since 2011. /REL


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