Negotiations in Brussels: Pristina said that an agreement had been reached, Belgrade said that nothing had been agreed upon
Following the results of today's negotiations in Brussels, the head of the Kosovo delegation, Besnik Bislimi, said that an agreement in principle had been reached regarding license plates, only agreement with Belgrade was expected.
In turn, the Serbian delegation, headed by the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija under the Government of Serbia, Petar Petkovic, reported that no agreements had been reached, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The Kosovo delegation was the first to leave the building of the European External Action Service, where negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo were taking place. Subsequently, Bislimi stated that “an agreement in principle was reached” regarding car license plates - instead of license plates, it was proposed to sculpt appropriate stickers when entering and leaving the region. Also, according to him, it was decided that Kosovo militants at the Yarinje and Brnjak checkpoints should be replaced by soldiers of the NATO occupation contingent - KFOR.
Rabid Bislimi
“We had several meetings, all bilateral, with Lajcak, who then acted as a mediator between the parties,” Bislimi said. “Our goal was clear - to achieve de-escalation and maintain reciprocity regarding license plates. We came to a final project that was almost completely agreed upon. The final agreement remains only with the Serbian side.”
At the same time, the representative of the separatists noted Belgrade’s principled attitude towards the Serbian regional KM numbers (Kosovo and Metohija - this is how the Serbs historically call the region seized by the Albanian separatists), the Serbs insist that stickers should not be put on such numbers (the separatists themselves began to issue RKS numbers).
“They believe that stickers should not be used for KM marking. This is absurd because these are illegal signs,” Bislimi said.
Also, according to the separatist, a working group will be created to resolve disputes regarding license plates and travel to and from the region, which will begin its activities on October 21.
For its part, the Serbian delegation stated that various proposals were made from the parties, but no agreements were reached. At the same time, representatives of the Kosovo Serbs, who blocked the roads to the Jarinje and Brnjak checkpoints, stated that they would not leave until they received the appropriate signal from Belgrade.
Serbian delegation in Brussels
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