Vucic, Kurti to meet, monitoring committee formed

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti will meet with European Union officials for the first time since they hammered out the implementation annex to the EU-proposed agreement to normalize Belgrade-Pristina relations in the North Macedonia city of Ohrid on March 18.

European Commission spokesman Peter Stano told N1 that a joint committee to monitor the implementation of the agreement was formed on Tuesday.

Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue:🇪🇺 delivers & the Dialogue moves forward:
👉Joint Monitoring Committee to oversee implementation of Ohrid commitments established 2day,will be chaired by @MiroslavLajcak
👉 next High Level Dialogue meeting on 2 May in Brussels https://t.co/gdmhssEXmK

— Peter Stano (@ExtSpoxEU) April 18, 2023

Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue:🇪🇺 delivers & the Dialogue moves forward:
👉Joint Monitoring Committee to oversee implementation of Ohrid commitments established 2day,will be chaired by @MiroslavLajcak
👉 next High Level Dialogue meeting on 2 May in Brussels https://t.co/gdmhssEXmK

“The Committee will meet on a regular basis in Brussels. The Terms of References are expected to be finalised and adopted at the first meeting of the Committee, which will take place after the next High-level Dialogue Meeting scheduled to take place in Brussels on Tuesday 2 May,” Stano said.

He said that the committee will be chaired by EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak with Serbia represented by government Office for Kosovo chief Petar Petkovic and Kosovo by Pristina’s Ambassador in Brussels Agron Bajrami. He added that the committee will hold regular meetings in Brussels.