EEAS: Vucic and Kurti To Meet on Sept. 14 in Brussels, Focus on Ohrid Agreement Implementation

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Premier Albin Kurti, Brussels, May 2 2023 (BETAPHOTO/European Council/Frederic Sierakowski)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti will meet in Brussels on Sept. 14 in a new round of the EU-brokered dialogue, the European External Action Service (EEAS) said in a release on its website.

EU High Representative Josep Borrell and EU Special Representative for the Western Balkans Miroslav Lajcak will hold separate meetings with Vucic and Kurti at 9 am, followed by a joint trilateral meeting.

The meeting will focus on the implementation of the Agreement on the Path to Normalization between Kosovo and Serbia, which was agreed between Vucic and Kurti in Ohrid on March 18, as well as current issues, the EEAS said in the release on Sept, 12. At the end of the meeting, Borrell will give a press statement.

Vucic and Kurti last met in Brussels on May 2, nine days after snap local elections in North Kosovo, which were boycotted by the Serbs. During that round of the talks, a Declaration on the missing persons was adopted and a first draft Statute of an Association/Community of Serb-majority Municipalities was presented. Vucic and Kurti were in Brussels also on June 22, during one of the many crisis in North Kosovo, but they did not sit at the table and only had separate meeting with Borrell and Lajcak.