European Union’s (EU) special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said he was glad that Kosovo accepted in principle the EU proposal for the normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo.
“I’m glad that Kosovo now also accepted the 🇪🇺 Proposal in principle. We will continue our discussions at a high-level meeting,” Lajcak wrote on Twitter.
I travelled to Pristina to meet PM @albinkurti and DPM @BislimiBesnik and to Belgrade to do the same with @predsednikrs @avucic and @PetkovicPetar. I’m glad that Kosovo now also accepted the 🇪🇺 Proposal in principle. We will continue our discussions at a High-level Meeting. pic.twitter.com/KqSDEvdxhn
— Miroslav Lajčák (@MiroslavLajcak) February 7, 2023
The EU senior official added that he spoke Monday in Pristina with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Kosovo chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi as well as with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and head of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo Petar Petkovic in Belgrade.
Following his meeting with Lajcak on Monday evening Vucic wrote on Instagram that they had a ”friendly and open talk.”
“Friendly and open talk with Miroslav Lajcak. When I say open, I really mean it. You understand me,” Vucic added.
Kurti said after his meeting with Lajcak that Pristina accepts the EU proposal on normalization of relations with Belgrade and that it is a “good basis for further discussion and a solid platform for moving forward” and added that “certain questions on international guarantees, implementation mechanisms and time sequencing will be addressed soon during the Brussels talks ahead.”
