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The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France has called on Kosovo to "immediately" suspend the decision of the Central Bank of Kosovo (CBK), which authorizes the use of the euro as the sole currency for cash payments throughout the country.
"France is worried by yesterday's entry into force of the decision of the Central Bank of Kosovo ", the French Ministry said on its website.
The new CBK regulation, which ends the use of the Serbian dinar in the country, entered into force on February 1, despite calls from the international community to postpone the implementation deadline.
" This decision, taken in an urgent manner, will have consequences in the daily life of the Serbian community in Kosovo, which mainly depends on the payments made in Serbian dinars from Serbia ", said the French Ministry.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Besnik Bislimi, has pledged that an easy transition will be ensured.
But France said on Friday that "in the absence of alternative solutions so far, France calls for the immediate suspension of this measure, in order to ensure a sufficient transition period".
She echoed the calls of the United States and the European Union for the Kosovar authorities to find a negotiable solution within the dialogue mediated by the European Union on this issue.
In the Serbian-majority municipalities in Kosovo, the Serbian dinar has been circulating since the post-war period.
The Serbian state pays Kosovo Serbs - through a parallel system - salaries, pensions, social assistance, and other benefits. The Law on Local Government Finances in Kosovo allows the sending of financial aid from Serbia.
Earlier in the day, the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, said that the decision of the Kosovo authorities to cancel the Serbian dinar is an attack on all agreements signed since 1999, and that Serbia will find institutions that will receive licenses for it enabled the sending of money to Serbs in Kosovo.
"In each of those acts, it is the right of Serbia to finance certain activities, health, education, pensions", Vucic said on Friday in a press conference./ REL
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