Prime Minister Kurti recalled that he was ready to sign in Brussels on February 27, 2023 and in Ohrid on March 18, 2023, and tonight, on October 26, 2023, stressing that the European Council Summit in Brussels is the right event, in the country appropriate for signing the Basic Agreement, including the draft offered by the EU and the US...
The Government of Kosovo has reacted to today's meetings in Brussels. Prime Minister Albin Kurti and President Aleksandër Vucic met today with the German Chancellor, the President of France and the Italian Prime Minister Meloni. They also had meetings with Lajçak and Borrell, but it seems that there were no concrete results. Kurti requested that there be a written agreement between both parties, which apparently Serbia does not accept. Kurti has accepted the basic agreement according to the US-EU verdict.
The Prime Minister of Kosovo has said that only signing the agreements means accepting and guaranteeing them, referring to the Brussels Basic Agreement reached in February this year and the Implementation Annex reached in Ohrid.
Prime Minister Kurti recalled that he was ready to sign in Brussels on February 27, 2023 and in Ohrid on March 18, 2023, and tonight, on October 26, 2023, stressing that the European Council Summit in Brussels is the right event, in the right place for signing the Basic Agreement, including the draft provided by the EU and the USA for the implementation of Article 7 in conjunction with Article 10 of the Basic Agreement. Despite this generous offer by Prime Minister Kurti, the President of Serbia, Vučić, has refused to sign an agreement with Kosovo, and has requested that a side letter be accepted which practically nullifies three principles of the Basic Agreement, of the Implementation Annex as and of the draft proposed by the five emissaries on October 21, 2023 ", announces the government of Kosovo.
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In today's meeting, with the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Melloni, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the Vice President of the European Commission and the High Representative for Foreign Policy and of Security Xosep Borrell, as well as his emissary Miroslav Lajčak, Prime Minister Kurti thanked all of them for their role, commitment and contribution to peace and normalization of relations between the Republic of Kosovo and Serbia.
Prime Minister Kurti emphasized that, after the attack of aggression on September 24, in Zveçan, the priority for him is security in Kosovo, in particular the security of the border with Serbia, since on the other side came the paramilitaries who carried out terrorist and criminal attacks, killing and injuring policemen of Kosovo. So that this never happens again, sanctions and punishment are needed for Serbia.
The investigations for the paramilitary and terrorist group sponsored by Serbia must determine exactly who did what and how they executed this act of aggression, while there is no longer any dilemma even among international factors about the culprit.
Prime Minister Kurti emphasized that Kosovo is a champion in the rule of law in the Western Balkans, which has also been established by the prestigious international organization World Justice Project. The terrorist paramilitary group of Millan Radoicic and the others responsible should be extradited to Kosovo, where there would be a fair and fair trial, even more so when it is known that the justice system in Kosovo and the judicial processes are monitored by the European Union Mission for the Governance of Law, EULEX.
Prime Minister Kurti recalled that he was ready to sign in Brussels on February 27, 2023 and in Ohrid on March 18, 2023, and tonight, on October 26, 2023, stressing that the European Council Summit in Brussels is the right event, in the country appropriate for signing the Basic Agreement, including the draft provided by the EU and the USA for the implementation of Article 7 in conjunction with Article 10 of the Basic Agreement. Despite this generous offer by Prime Minister Kurti, the President of Serbia, Vučić, has refused to sign an agreement with Kosovo, and has requested that a side letter be accepted which practically nullifies three principles of the Basic Agreement, of the Implementation Annex as and of the draft proposed by the five emissaries on October 21, 2023.
For its democratic and economic progress, Kurti said that Kosovo deserves the status of a candidate country for the EU, that is, the union of the remaining five states of the European Union with the majority of 22, in recognition of Kosovo's independence. Meanwhile, the security of the borders for Kosovo, together with the collective security in the Western Balkans region, are raised qualitatively through the Partnership for Peace Agreement with NATO towards Kosovo's membership in the North Atlantic alliance.
At the end of the meeting, Prime Minister Kurti said: Acceptance means signature, only signature means acceptance and guarantees implementation.
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