Despite the new tensions after the Serbian authorities stopped travelers and buses from Kosovo, the European Union has confirmed that tomorrow the fourth meeting on the dinar will be held in Brussels, where the two leaders, Besnik Bislimi and Petar Petkovic, are expected to meet, Gazeta Sinjali reports.
The EU’s special emissary for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajçak, also spoke about this meeting, who said that at the end of this week there will be another round of talks, where he said he expects both sides to come to the meeting with an “open mind”.
Otherwise, the European Union said today that it is informed about the case of stopping the travelers and is following the situation closely. In this case, the EU finds that Serbia is violating the agreement on freedom of movement.
Peter Stano, EU spokesperson for foreign and security policy, said this to Radio Free Europe, answering questions about this case that has provoked strong reactions from Kosovo.”We are aware of the situation and are following it closely. The agreement on freedom of movement reached within the EU-facilitated dialogue sets clear parameters for the entry and exit of Kosovo citizens to and from Serbia. The current situation represents a violation of this agreement”, declared Stano.He added that the EU “invites Serbia to refrain from such unilateral and uncoordinated actions and immediately return to respecting the agreement”.Serbian authorities on Wednesday stopped buses with passengers from Kosovo, on the borders with Croatia and Hungary, as a “sign of revenge against the support from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for Kosovo’s membership in this organization”.This is what the authorities in Pristina said, who called on the citizens of Kosovo to avoid “at all costs” the passage through Serbia, a country in which, since midnight, movement has been difficult for Kosovars.
