Serbia to set border and customs control with Kosovo Thursday, 16 July 2009
Serbia has reached an agreement with the European Union on visa liberalization without including Kosovo, informs the European Union integration commission in Brussels.
The agreement includes full operational border control and customs between Serbia and its neighbors, Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia.
Serbia has agreed to set up a full operational border and custom control with its southern neighbor, the Republic of Kosovo. Serbia's interior minister during a press conference emphasized that Serbia has agreed to set up a border and custom control with Kosovo as one of the requirements by the European Union commission.
The statement was followed up by the EULEX chief and the Republic of Kosovo government that customs and border control with Serbia in northern Kosovo will be fully operational by the fall as well.
NKR has learned from diplomatic sources in Prishtina and Brussels that Belgrade has agreed to have fully operational border control with Kosovo. Belgrade has a deadline to implement the agreement by fall when the EU Parliament gives the final word on the visa liberalization, with full border control as a precondition for any state to have visa abolition with the EU.
When Kosovo declared independence last year, Serbia reacted stating that it will never recognize Kosovo's independence. Yesterday during a press conference, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo Hashim Thaci said that "Serbia is considering recognizing Kosovo," without emphasizing recent events such as full customs and border control between Kosovo and Serbia and the invalidity of Serb passports for Kosovar citizens.
Meanwhile, thousands of Kosovars of Serb ethnicity are applying for Kosovo IDs, birth certificates and the Republic of Kosovo passports.
New Kosova Report - Serbia to set border and customs control with Kosovo
interesting......
The agreement includes full operational border control and customs between Serbia and its neighbors, Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia.
Serbia has agreed to set up a full operational border and custom control with its southern neighbor, the Republic of Kosovo. Serbia's interior minister during a press conference emphasized that Serbia has agreed to set up a border and custom control with Kosovo as one of the requirements by the European Union commission.
The statement was followed up by the EULEX chief and the Republic of Kosovo government that customs and border control with Serbia in northern Kosovo will be fully operational by the fall as well.
NKR has learned from diplomatic sources in Prishtina and Brussels that Belgrade has agreed to have fully operational border control with Kosovo. Belgrade has a deadline to implement the agreement by fall when the EU Parliament gives the final word on the visa liberalization, with full border control as a precondition for any state to have visa abolition with the EU.
When Kosovo declared independence last year, Serbia reacted stating that it will never recognize Kosovo's independence. Yesterday during a press conference, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo Hashim Thaci said that "Serbia is considering recognizing Kosovo," without emphasizing recent events such as full customs and border control between Kosovo and Serbia and the invalidity of Serb passports for Kosovar citizens.
Meanwhile, thousands of Kosovars of Serb ethnicity are applying for Kosovo IDs, birth certificates and the Republic of Kosovo passports.
New Kosova Report - Serbia to set border and customs control with Kosovo
interesting......
