The chief diplomat of the European Union, Josep Borrell, has submitted to the EU member states the report regarding the measures imposed on Kosovo more than a year ago, confirmed the bloc’s spokesperson, Peter Stano.

The report assesses whether the measures against Kosovo, imposed due to the tense situation in the north of the country, should be lifted in May and June 2023.

At the same time, the EU said that Kosovo has not done enough to improve the situation.

However, it is not known whether Borrelli has recommended lifting the measures.

The first discussion about this report will be held on Wednesday at the level of ambassadors of the EU member states.

However, a decision on how to proceed with the measures is not expected to be made at that meeting.

The submission of this report, even with a clear recommendation, does not mean that the measures are lifted immediately.

This report will only serve the member countries to put this issue back on the agenda and to start considering the possibility of lifting the measures in the future.

Although a year has passed, little is known about who exactly has been affected by these measures.

Officials have publicly said that meetings between European and Kosovo officials have been suspended, several meetings within the stabilization-association process have been suspended and new procurements of projects stemming from IPA 2023 [Pre-Accession Instruments] have been suspended and stopped, and discussions on IPA 2024 have not started.

EU officials have discussed for the first time about the possibility of lifting the measures in April of this year, therefore they have requested a report from Borrell.

The submission of the report has been postponed several times.

The action of the Kosovo Police in the north of the country to close the branches of the Savings Bank of the Post of Serbia was mentioned as one of the reasons for the postponement, but also the various objections of some officials of the European Commission.

Several diplomatic sources told for Radio Free Europe that month that most countries in the bloc were in favor of lifting restrictive measures for Kosovo.

The only difference between member countries has been whether the measures should be lifted immediately or gradually.