“Alive and kicking,” was how European Union envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Peter Sorensen, described the process to journalists yesterday after his meeting with acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti.
Sorensen’s Message: Implementation is Urgent
Sorensen did not share further details at the time and continued with a series of meetings with other political party leaders. At the end of the day, he posted a summary of his meetings on “X” (formerly Twitter), defining his central message: the Ohrid Agreement is alive, and its implementation is “more urgent than ever.”
“Productive visit to Kosovo today. In all the meetings I had, I stressed the urgent need for the implementation of the Ohrid Agreement, now more than ever,” Sorensen wrote. “The path to integration into the European Union goes through meaningful progress in the dialogue. It’s time to move forward.”
Kurti’s Conditions and Serbia’s Accusations
Acting Prime Minister Kurti, for his part, released a press statement from his office calling for the “full implementation” of the Basic Agreement and the Ohrid Annex. The statement did not include the three conditions Kurti had previously reportedly set for continuing the dialogue: the extradition of Milan Radoičić, the withdrawal of a December 2023 letter from former Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, and the bilateral signing of the Ohrid Agreement.
Kurti’s statement added that he raised concerns with envoy Sorensen about Serbia’s “continuous threatening statements” and the arbitrary arrests of Kosovo citizens while in transit through Serbia. He called for a strong and condemnatory reaction from the international community.
Meanwhile, Serbia has also lodged accusations—and insults—against the European Union as the mediator of the normalization process. From Interior Minister Ivica Dačić to President Aleksandar Vučić, Serbian officials have accused the EU of “deception” regarding the Brussels Agreement.
