Kosovo’s decision to dismiss the Management Team for the Association has caused a row between the government and the European Union.
The political consultant to deputy prime minister Besnik Bislimi replied to the declaration of the EU spokesperson Peter Stano, that Kosovo acted contrary to the agreement towards normalization with Serbia.
In a Facebook post, Klisman Kadiu writes that the decision to dismiss the Management Team does not oppose this agreement.
“From the spokesperson’s declaration, you can notice that he has minimal knowledge on what is going on with the dialogue process, but has maximal readiness in putting out declarations against Kosovo. The Management Team had only one job or mission, which was presenting a draft of the statute. After this, it has no role, because the discussion now is political,” writes Kadiu.
Earlier, the EU spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy, Peter Stano, said that the role of the Management Team on the Association statute ends only when that statute is approved.
The Minister of Local Government Administration in the Government of Kosovo, Elbert Krasniqi, dismissed the members of the team on May 3rd. The team, consisting of four Serbs from Kosovo, participated in the last meeting of the high-level dialogue, where they also presented the first draft of the statute of the Association of Serb Municipalities, a proposal which was immediately rejected by the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti.
