EU: Community of Serb Municipalities Is an International Commitment

Negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina (European Council/Mario Salerno)

The European Union (EU) believes that the agreement to create a Community of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo is an international commitment, which cannot be renegotiated – it is a “procedural matter,” primarily for Pristina, well-versed EU officials told BETA on Jan. 14.

When asked “how to launch and implement the procedure,” the EU officials said that “it is up to the Kosovo Albanians and the authorities in Pristina to present this without delay.”

They also underlined that another expectation was holding an urgent meeting between the top officials of Belgrade and Pristina, namely, Vucic and Kurti, which should be mediated by the EU and supported by the United States. It should also include talks on “Europe’s Franco-German plan” to normalize relations. “Progress is needed urgently, and the EU and the U.S. will do everything to help, without imposing a solution,” the sources underlined.

The European diplomatic sources told BETA that it was true that the Constitutional Court of Kosovo and the possibility of a "revision" was vaguely mentioned in the agreement on the Community, but that this should not necessarily question all of the clear provisions in the international treaty which was ratified by the Parliament of Kosovo and was now an international legal act.