TIRANA, May 1 –Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet in Brussels on May 2 for the next round of dialogue between the two countries in another effort to overcome their differences and implement the Ohrid accord.
The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell’s office said the two sides are expected to endorse the declaration on missing persons as a first agenda item and have a discussion on the first draft statute of the Association/Community of Serb majority Municipalities in Kosovo.
The meeting will be hosted by Borrel and Miroslav Lajcak, the EU’s special representative for the Pristina- Belgrade dialogue.
Kosovo and Serbia reached an agreement on Feb. 27 to sign a proposal to normalize ties after a meeting in Brussels. The agreement came after 12 hours of talks between Vucic, Kurti and EU officials.
The parties later agreed on how to implement the deal in the last round of talks on March 18 in North Macedonia. The 11-point agreement demands that the sides maintain good neighborly relations and recognize each other’s documents such as passports and license plates.
Launched in 2011, the EU-led Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue aims to find a mutually agreeable solution for disputes in the framework of a legally binding agreement.
The EU requires Kosovo and Serbia to reach a final agreement and resolve disputes to progress in their integration into the bloc. /Argumentum.al
