During an exclusive interview for Euronews Albania, the German ambassador to Kosovo, Joern Rohde spoke about several \u2018hot topics\u2019 concerning the challenges facing Kosovo at the present moment.<\/p>\n
The German diplomat confirmed his support for Kurti\u2019s administration while emphasizing that the latter should make concrete steps, when it comes to the dialogue with Serbia, and not simply resort to declarations.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that the Special Envoy, Miroslav Lajcak, is doing everything in his power to mediate an agreement and we are asking both parties to sit at a roundtable and try to find a compromise because, at the end of the day, citizens want to see results. This is the reason this administration was elected, for results, not declarations,\u201d \u2013 said the German diplomat.<\/p>\n
In addition, he said that Kosovo has fulfilled all conditions for visa liberalization but emphasized that there is no unanimity on this matter within the EU block.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem lies with several skeptic states. We, as well as the European Commission, know very well that Kosovo has fulfilled all necessary criteria. It\u2019s a good thing that now the government is engaged with these skeptic countries and I believe this will be possible. Elections are also underway in several European countries so I remain optimistic,\u201d \u2013 said ambassador Rohde.<\/p>\n
The German diplomat also commented on the Open Balkan initiative, which according to him, isn\u2019t inclusive, which is why in these circumstances, he supports the Berlin Process instead.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Berlin Process is inclusive. I haven\u2019t been able to say the same thing about Open Balkan thus far. I\u2019ve seen that 3 countries aren\u2019t participating and this is an open case. What\u2019s important is that the Berlin Process is an inclusive process. Unfortunately, it hasn\u2019t been able to produce much progress, also due to the conflict between Kosovo and Serbia but we hope to overcome this,\u201d \u2013 said the German ambassador.<\/p>\n
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