{"id":25328,"date":"2021-11-16T14:16:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T13:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=25328"},"modified":"2021-11-16T14:17:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T13:17:21","slug":"pm-kurti-on-a-final-agreement-with-serbia-possible-within-my-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/pm-kurti-on-a-final-agreement-with-serbia-possible-within-my-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Kurti on a final agreement with Serbia: Possible within my mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti said that a final agreement with Serbia is possible during his term, but insisted that a deal must include mutual recognition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot predict when it will happen, but if we bear in mind that the term of US President Biden, and of the Vice President of the European Commission Borrell, as well as mine, will approximately last the same, it is expectable that we can conclude an inclusive agreement with Serbia. So, we do have the will and the interest, but it depends on whether Serbia is ready\u201d, said Kurti during an interview for Radio Free Europe.<\/p>\n

Kurti expressed his openness in confront to dialoguing with Serbia but added that the next meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will depend on the progress of the technical dialogue.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, we have to see how well the talks go between the chief negotiators this week. On one side is deputy prime minister Bislimi and on the other the representation of the Serbian government Petkovic, only then we can tell what are the perspectives of a future meeting, as of course, we need to know what is the objective of this meeting\u201d, Kurti said.<\/p>\n

Kurti raised another concern, and that is over Serbia\u2019s arms buildup and its expenditures for the army.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, Serbia spends more than the other five Western Balkan countries put together for its army. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia together do not spend as much as Serbia. It is not doing it for Hungary or Romania, and this militarization is very worrying for us\u201d, Kurti said.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister also commented on the mayoral elections held on Sunday, where his Vetevendosje only won 4 out of 38 municipalities, saying that he had hoped for a better result.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing an internal analysis on the structural and organization flaws, which obviously were the cause behind the unsatisfactory result\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

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