The European Union has said that the deadline for submitting the report of the High Representative of the EU, Josep Borrell, about the measures imposed on Kosovo, and the content of this report, are inter-institutional issues of the EU, and actors outside the European bloc cannot speculate about them.

This is what the spokesperson of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security, Peter Stano, said on Monday, answering questions about when the report can be expected to be delivered and what its content is expected to be.

“First of all, the report of the High Representative was requested by the Council. So, the member states have asked the High Representative to send them that report and he will send the report to the member countries. These member countries will be the first to know what the report contains. This has not happened yet”, said the EU spokesperson.

According to Stano, the report is about the dynamics of the EU institutions, and he said that no one outside the EU should speculate about the content and deadlines.

He made these statements after being asked to comment on a position of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Besnik Bislim, who a few days ago said that he has “information that Borrell has prepared his report and that he has proposed the removal of measures against Kosovo.”

“Member countries will be the first to know the content, it will be discussed, and then the necessary decisions will be made”, said Stano, warning that the Kosovo authorities will also be notified of the submission of the report.

“We see no need to speculate on the part of different actors”.

More than a year has passed since the European Union imposed punitive measures against Kosovo, after the de-escalation of the situation in the north of the country.

The EU has assessed that Kosovo has not taken sufficient steps to avoid the conflict.