{"id":33288,"date":"2022-03-22T19:28:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33288"},"modified":"2022-03-22T19:41:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:41:38","slug":"kosovo-turns-down-eus-proposal-on-serbian-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo-turns-down-eus-proposal-on-serbian-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Kosovo turns down EU\u2019s proposal on Serbian elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EU Spokesperson for Foreign Policy and Security Affairs, Peter Stano, said on Tuesday that the union regrets \u201cKosovo\u2019s decision to refuse the proposal of the Quint countries\u201d for the rights of Serbian citizens in voting from Kosovo for Serbia\u2019s parliamentary and presidential polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EU has acted as a mediator, the High Representative was engaged in finding an agreement for a practical solution that would give citizens the opportunity to participate in the polls\u201d, said Stano, adding that Serbia \u201chas been playing a constructive role\u201d, but it was Kosovo that refused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdmitting that Serbia has been open in finding a solution, we express our regret that we could not reach a consensus among parties, after Kosovo\u2019s decision to refuse the constructive proposal of the Quint countries\u201d, said EU\u2019s spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>According to Stano, the decision runs \u201ccounter to Kosovo\u2019s commitments\u201d for its European integration and a democratic future, as well as going against principles on defending universal voting rights.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Albin Kurti <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/03\/22\/kurti-we-need-an-agreement-before-allowing-kosovo-serbs-to-vote-in-the-serbian-elections\/\">said that the decision should be taken<\/a><\/strong> between Kosovo and Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>Kurti made the commend during a video conference with the foreign diplomatic corps in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He reportedly told ambassadors and diplomatic representatives that he does not want to strip away the voting rights for dual-nationality citizens, but also, they cannot \u2018act in violation to the laws and constitution of the country\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Quint countries: United States, Britain, Italy, Germany, and France.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2022\/03\/22\/montenegro-refuses-to-open-up-polling-stations-during-serbias-elections\/\">Montenegro refuses to open up polling stations for Serbia\u2019s elections<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/03\/22\/kurti-we-need-an-agreement-before-allowing-kosovo-serbs-to-vote-in-the-serbian-elections\/\">Kurti: We need an agreement before allowing Kosovo Serbs to vote in Serbia\u2019s electionS<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EU Spokesperson for Foreign Policy and Security Affairs, Peter Stano, said on Tuesday that the union regrets \u201cKosovo\u2019s decision to refuse the proposal of the Quint countries\u201d for the rights of Serbian citizens in voting from Kosovo for Serbia\u2019s parliamentary and presidential polls. \u201cThe EU has acted as a mediator, the High Representative was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[957,348,300,151,958,301],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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