Hopes for reaching license plate agreement in Brussels, Vucic also optimistic about May 13th meeting

In the framework of the dialogue mediated by the European Union, on May 13 the delegations of Kosovo and Serbia will meet in Brussels, where the agreement on license plates is expected to be signed, although not yet confirmed. This optimism in Pristina and Belgrade, increased after the official visit to Germany and the meeting with the Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti and the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, where followed by an informal dinner with the EU envoy. in dialogue Miroslav Lajçak.

Kurti: I hope we finally have the agreements

According to the Prime Minister of Kosovo, the meeting on May 13 is attended by two chief negotiators, Besnik Bislimi from the Kosovo side and Petkovic from the Serbian side. “We have emphasized for many years now that we are not in principle against dialogue, but we do not want dialogue without principles. One of the principles of dialogue is the equality of the parties. At that dinner we did not have different dishes, so there was equality of the parties and we discussed the topics in light of the May 13 meeting between the chief negotiators. “On May 13, I hope that we will finally have the agreements for a mutual solution for vehicle license plates, the issue of non-payment of energy in northern Kosovo and also the need to accelerate the issue of clarifying the fate of the missing,” he said. Prime Minister Kurti, during a meeting he had in Pristina with German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht.

Minister of Defense, Christine Lambrecht and Albin Kurti, 06.05.

The latter also expressed optimism that on May 13, Kosovo and Serbia will reach several agreements. “I hope that this process will take on a new dynamic and I hope that there will be good decisions on May 13 in Brussels. “The first steps could be for mutual recognition of documents and this would be a good signal,” said Lambrecht.

On these issues, the Kosovar Prime Minister said that he talked in Berlin with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vuҫiҫ, at the informal dinner organized by the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, who did not attend, but who was attended by the EU envoy. in dialogue Miroslav Lajçak.

Vucic is also optimistic about the May 13 meeting

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, for his part, said that the informal dinner in Berlin with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and EU Envoy for Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue Miroslav Lajcak was very difficult. Regarding the visit to Berlin, Vuiqi tha said that “the German representatives insisted that what was signed in the Brussels Agreement should be implemented”. However, Vucic is also optimistic about the May 13 meeting. “Talks will continue. “The director of the Office for Kosovo, Petar Petkovic, will go to Brussels on May 13 to try to agree on something,” Vucic said, according to RTS.

Since the beginning of October last year, Kosovo and Serbia have started to implement an interim agreement according to which, the vehicles of the two countries are obliged to put sticker paper on the state symbols on their license plates until a final solution is found. . The interim agreement was reached on September 30th after several days of unrest in northern Kosovo, where Serb groups blocked roads to oppose the Kosovo government’s decision to impose reciprocity measures on the use of car license plates./DW

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