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Osmani talks with Sorensen about expectations from the Brussels dialogue
2025-02-14 16:08:36 / KOSOVA
Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani said on Friday that she had spoken with the new European Union envoy for dialogue, Peter Sorensen, regarding expectations from the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia.
In her first meeting with Sorensen, held on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Osmani said she also talked with him about recent developments in the country.
"We will continue to work with our allies to conclude this process with mutual recognition and the protection of the sovereignty, constitutionality and territorial integrity of our Republic," Osmani wrote in X.
Peter Sorensen, from Denmark, officially began work on February 1, with Miroslav Lajcak as his assistant.
Osmani, including other Kosovar leaders such as Prime Minister Albin Kurti, have criticized Lajcak in the past for an unequal approach to dialogue and for siding, on occasion, with Serbia.
During Lajcak's nearly five-year mandate, in early 2023 Kosovo and Serbia reached an Agreement on the path towards normalization of relations.
The agreement, which has not been signed, is legally binding on the parties, said the bloc, which has accused Kosovo and Serbia of failing to begin implementing the pact.
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The EU's chief diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has also said that she is hearing criticism about the current format of the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, therefore she warned that she will examine the possibility, together with Sorensen, of making the dialogue between the two neighboring countries functional.
Sorensen said on Thursday that in the last two days he has talked in Paris and Berlin about ways to advance the dialogue process.
"Grateful for their full support of my efforts," Sorensen wrote on X, where he also posted photos with officials from both countries.
It is not clear when Sorensen may hold the first meeting within the framework of the dialogue, given that Kosovo held elections on February 9 and is expected to form a new government, while Serbia faces political uncertainty following the resignation of the prime minister.
Kallas said he is waiting until Kosovo forms a new government to "see how to proceed."
Sorensen, unlike his predecessor, will only deal with the dialogue between the two neighboring countries, and not with regional Balkan issues.
Sorensen's appointment has been seen as a positive one, given that the 57-year-old knows the region well. A diplomat for many years, he was engaged in Kosovo, within the framework of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), as well as in other roles, in Serbia, North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
According to political experts, he does not need to be informed in advance about the people or historical facts of the region, because he has already had the opportunity to create an up-close overview.
Another argument that has been mentioned as positive by officials in Pristina is that he is from Denmark, a country that recognizes Kosovo's statehood, and that he will have equal access to dialogue.
Kosovo and Serbia have been in dialogue under the mediation of the European Union since 2011. /REL
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