The envoy of the European Union for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajçak, declared that the Association of municipalities with a Serbian majority should not be seen by Kosovo as a weakening of its functionality.

According to him, there are 16 existing functional models that can be seen as models for minority rights and that all of them are in accordance with European standards. In an interview for “Atlantic Council”, Lajçak said that for the Association, Kosovo and Serbia should agree on how it will be and how it should not be.

“We should not be afraid of something that is not yet on the agenda, in the dialogue process. Kosovo and Serbia are equal parties. Neither party can impose its will on the other party against its will”, he said, adding that as a mediator, the EU is “a guarantor that whatever is agreed upon must be in accordance with European standards”.