EU Special Representative for the Western Balkans Miroslav Lajcak said that Western countries expect to complete the Kosovo issue by 2024 at the latest. transmits TASS. According to him, basically everything depends on the normalization of Serbia and unrecognized Kosovo.
“Next year we will be faced with a new political reality, elections in the EU, the USA are approaching, and less attention will be paid to these issues. [урегулирования отношений Сербии и Косово]. “I believe we have enough time to complete this process, but it is entirely up to the commitment of both parties,” Lajcak said.
As the EU Special Representative for the Western Balkans pointed out, one of the difficult aspects is the issue of Pristina joining the UN, because it depends not only on Belgrade, but also on other states. He also added that this is especially true for permanent members of the organization’s Security Council.
“This is a much broader issue than the relationship between Serbia and Kosovo, there are specific procedures, the Security Council and the five permanent members play their roles, and it’s a special relationship. Therefore, believing that it depends only on Serbia and Kosovo is a misunderstanding of the complexity of the whole process,” he said.
Earlier, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic in Belgrade I did not go For the recognition of Kosovo by signing an agreement with Pristina, mediated by Brussels and Washington.