Skopje, 15 March 2023 (MIA) – The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, will meet with the Serbian President, Aleksandar Vučić, on Saturday in Ohrid, as part of the EU-mediated dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Kurti and Vucic have already confirmed their participation in the meeting, the Radio Television of Kosovo reports.

The Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) states that based on an official press release from the EU Delegation to Pristina, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, and the EU’s Special Representative for the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue and other Western Balkan affairs, Miroslav Lajčák, will first hold separate meetings with Kurti and Vučić, and then a joint meeting with the two leaders. They are expected to negotiate and sign the implementation of the European plan for the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

According to the announcement of the EU Delegation to Pristina, the first meeting is expected to begin at 10am. The Delegation states that Borrell is expected to give a statement to the media following the conclusion of all meetings.

The meeting in Ohrid, which was announced on February 27, will be hosted by Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski. In response to MIA’s question last month whether PM Kovachevski would accept to host the meeting, the government gave a positive answer and noted that the European proposal for the normalization of the relations between Belgrade and Pristina is exceptionally important for the future and stability of the region, and that by hosting the meeting North Macedonia reaffirms its role as a factor of stability, as a NATO member state, a state currently negotiating with the EU and chairing the largest security organization in Europe – OSCE.

No agreement was reached during Serbian President Vučić and Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti's meeting with the EU representatives in Brussels towards the end of February, but after the meeting, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Borrell, said that Vučić and Kurti agreed that no further talks over the European proposal are necessary and that it is a framework for the normalization of relations between the two parties. Borrell stated that the talks were intensive and that both Vučić and Kurti showed responsibility. ad/sk/

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