Kurti Writes To High EU Officials About Kosovo Government's Priorities

Albin Kurti (Beta/Armenija Zajmi Besevic)

Kosovo Premier Albin Kurti sent a letter on March 4 to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the EU high representative for foreign policy and security, Josep Borrell, in which he informed them about the Kosovo government's goals.

In the letter, Kurti wrote that the program of his government was based on the establishing of the rule of law and on economic development, and thanked the EU for support which, in his words, it "always provided for Kosovo."

He added that the Kosovo government was dedicated to solving the "remaining issues" in relations with Serbia. "We are still confident that this must be done within the dialogue, which would culminate with the mutual recognition of the two states. We believe this is an important path for the integration of Kosovo with the international community and the reaching of a historic agreement, which would secure lasting peace, stability and security in the Balkans," Kurti wrote in the letter.

He announced the start of abolishing of import tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which the previous government imposed, as of March 15.

He said that he was aware of the fact that, in the past two years, there was significant lack of coordination among Kosovo representatives regarding the roles, interests and goals in the dialogue with Serbia, and that it was often not clear who was speaking on Kosovo's behalf on the international and domestic scenes.