The European Union’s envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Peter Sorensen, made an unannounced visit to Kosovo on Thursday, during which he announced he would be heading to Serbia\u2019s capital, Belgrade.<\/p>\n
During his second visit to Pristina, Sorensen met with Kosovo\u2019s chief negotiator for the dialogue, Besnik Bislimi.<\/p>\n
When asked about the purpose of the visit, Sorensen briefly told reporters, \u201cWe are working,\u201d adding that he was in Kosovo as part of his responsibilities as the EU\u2019s envoy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a regular visit, as you can see. I\u2019m happy to be here, and now I will go to Belgrade and then return to Brussels,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Kosovo\u2019s caretaker government said in a media statement that Bislimi and Sorensen discussed the implementation of various technical-level agreements.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe importance of initiating discussions on the implementation of the Brussels Agreement and the Ohrid Implementation Annex within the dialogue process was also emphasized,\u201d the statement noted.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Sorensen had met with the commander of NATO\u2019s peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR), Enrico Barduani.
\nKFOR said in a Facebook post that they exchanged views on the regional security situation.<\/p>\n
This marked Sorensen\u2019s second visit to Kosovo since assuming his role in early February and comes at a time when Kosovo has yet to constitute its Assembly or form a new government, more than two months after the February 9 elections.<\/p>\n
During his first visit to Pristina in March, Sorensen said that his priority was to schedule meetings between the two countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe dialogue is about ensuring that meetings happen. Whether that leads to compromises or not is up to the parties to decide,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n
The last EU-mediated meeting between Kosovo and Serbia was held in Brussels on December 17 of last year.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the EU is reviewing the missteps made during the Brussels dialogue process between Kosovo and Serbia, in an effort to revive the normalization process between the neighboring countries.<\/p>\n
Asked about the stalled dialogue, Kallas stated:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we are doing this month is an analysis,\u201d together with Sorensen.
\n\u201cWhat matters to us is the normalization of relations, because without that, neither of them can move forward on the path to the EU,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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