Kosovo will now be represented by its institutions and officials in the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), following a decision by the CEFTA Joint Committee to accept its request for the removal of UNMIK from the role of representative.<\/p>\n
The Minister of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade of Kosovo, Rozeta Hajdari, said on Wednesday in a press conference that “from today, in the meetings of the joint committees, Kosovo will be represented by its institutions and without the presence of UNMIK” writes REL.<\/p>\n
Kosovo had been represented in CEFTA \u2013 the agreement aimed at increasing trade in goods and services, eliminating trade barriers between the parties and attracting investment \u2013 \u200b\u200bthrough the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) since 2007, when it joined it.<\/p>\n
“Participation through UNMIK in CEFTA has finally been withdrawn, this is the result of many efforts and commitment of Kosovo to adjust its position in this mechanism”, said Hajdari after the meeting of the CEFTA Joint Committee, chaired by from Serbia, in Belgrade.<\/p>\n
She said that Kosovo made this request in 2021 and since then had blocked the work in CEFTA to put pressure on the acceptance of its request.<\/p>\n
“There were 13 decisions sent awaiting approval since our letter was sent… it was Kosovo’s commitment not to approve these decisions without Kosovo’s request to leave UNMIK being approved, which was Kosovo’s first request in the meetings in these three years”, she added.<\/p>\n
All those decisions, according to her, were approved after the acceptance of Kosovo’s request, causing the work in CEFTA to be unblocked.<\/p>\n
Jeton Zulfaj, adviser to the prime minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, said that next to the name of Kosovo in CEFTA there will be an asterisk, or a footnote.<\/p>\n
Zulfaj also said that Kosovo will benefit “a lot” from the European Union’s Growth Plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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