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The Kosovo government aims to begin the gradual integration of the Serbian health and education system in Kosovo, seeking coordination with the European Union.
Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti expressed this plan to international ambassadors and diplomats in a meeting held on Friday. The embassies did not comment on this during the day, while Serbian representatives saw the plan as an escalating move.
To start the integration process, Kurti requested coordination with European Union countries at the meeting.
"The Prime Minister informed the ambassadors present on the necessity of starting the gradual integration of the health and education systems, as part of a comprehensive and long-term approach. The Prime Minister said that this integration process will be carried out in coordination with the European Union and ensuring that the concerns and advice of the non-majority Serb community in Kosovo are taken into consideration," the Government's announcement states.
Following this announcement, KOHA sent questions to embassies to obtain the positions of the EU, German, Italian, French and American ambassadors on the issue, but as of the publication of this report, no response has been received.
However, the Government's warnings about the process of integrating the health and education systems were called unilateral and escalating moves by the head of the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia, Petar Petkovic, during a meeting in Belgrade with the European envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Peter Sorensen.
" Health and education represent the axis of survival of Serbs in Kosovo and the very center of the Association of Serb-majority Municipalities, and they must remain so ," he said.
Parallel educational and health institutions operate illegally, with funding from Serbia, in Kosovo municipalities inhabited mainly by Serbs.
In the previous mandate, the Government closed several parallel Serbian institutions in Kosovo, including municipal offices, post offices, and public enterprises.
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