The European Union must be more determined and speak with a unified voice about the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue. This is the assessment of experts on the process who have welcomed the warnings of the EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, about making the dialogue functional.
On Friday, for the first time in separate meetings on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, President Vjosa Osmani and Prime Minister Albin Kurti met with the new European Union envoy for dialogue, Peter Sorensen.
Osmani said that the meeting discussed recent developments in the country and expectations from the Brussels dialogue.
"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," said Vjosa Osmani.
Prime Minister Kurti stressed the importance of the full implementation of the 2023 Brussels Basic Agreement and its annex, adding that this agreement continues to be violated and not respected by Serbia, writes A2 CNN.
"To move forward, the signing of the agreement is needed, the withdrawal of the letter from former Prime Minister Brnabić and the surrender of the terrorist leader Milan Radoić. It is absurd that the President of Serbia imposes the resignation of the Prime Minister of Serbia, Miloš Vučević, but does not hand over Radoić," Kurti said.
The European Union's stance to bring Pristina and Belgrade back to the table in order to achieve normalization must come with a concrete offer in order to produce results.
"Kosovo will be offered the status of candidate country so that Kosovo can advance with the agreements reached so far and Serbia will be guaranteed the opening of chapters, negotiations with the EU. This will be a very important bait but I don't know how capable the EU is of managing the whole situation," said Dritëro Arifi, professor of political science.
Regardless of Prime Minister Albin Kurti's conditions, Kosovo will be required to fulfill its obligations under the agreements reached.
"The only dialogue that can be will be legally binding recognition for both countries, so Kosovo must implement the agreements to which it has committed, there is no 'how' and 'how' here, but it must be implemented in some way to open the Kosovo-EU dialogue. If we implement them properly and move forward, we must de-factor Serbia in this," said Arifi.
The European Union has made it clear to Kosovo and Serbia that normalizing relations is essential on the path to membership. (A2 Televizion)
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