Today in Brussels, a meeting was held between the chief negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia.
Following the meeting, Kosovo’s chief negotiator, Besnik Bislimi, stated that the main goal was to make progress on establishing the Joint Commission on Missing Persons.
“The idea today was to make progress on establishing the Joint Commission on Missing Persons. Then, in the second part of the meeting, Kosovo and Serbia would present concrete proposals, based on which Version 10 of the sequencing plan could be developed into a plan acceptable to both parties,” Bislimi explained.
However, he noted that the establishment of this commission was not achieved, stating that “most likely Serbia has withdrawn from the agreement on the terms of reference.”
“Unfortunately, in the first part, we were unable to complete our mission, that is, the establishment of the Commission, because most likely Serbia withdrew from the agreement on the terms of reference, claiming they want to make further changes to the document, which was not accepted either by Brussels or by our side,” he added.
Bislimi further declared that Serbia, as he described, has withdrawn from the basic agreement or refuses to discuss it.
“In the second part, Kosovo presented three proposals, which aimed to include Articles 1 through 4 in the basic agreement. Meanwhile, Serbia refused to provide concrete proposals. Serbia’s position can be summarized very simply: first, the Association is their prerequisite, and then Serbia’s red lines, which effectively means that Serbia has withdrawn from the basic agreement or refuses to discuss it,” Bislimi stated.
