{"id":6942,"date":"2024-07-10T10:43:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T09:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/?p=6942"},"modified":"2024-07-22T10:46:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T09:46:51","slug":"dush-i-ftohte-per-lajcak-un-dhe-borrell-in-nga-kosova-dhe-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/opinion\/dush-i-ftohte-per-lajcak-un-dhe-borrell-in-nga-kosova-dhe-serbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Kosovo and Serbia give a cold shower to Lajcak and Borrell"},"content":{"rendered":"

On June 18 and 19, the EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, visited Belgrade and Pristina. Initially, this was supposed to be his last visit to the region, considering that his mandate was scheduled to end in August 2024.<\/p>\n

However, during a conversation for Sbunker\u2019s Kosovo Dispatch, Lajcak deklaroi<\/a> that he would continue to serve in his current role. Lajcak\u2019s mandate has been extended<\/a> until January 2025.<\/p>\n

Lajcak first visited Pristina where he planned to meet with President Osmani and Prime Minister Kurti. However, both of them canceled their meetings with Lajcak.<\/p>\n

One of the advisors of President Osmani deklaroi<\/a> that due to a conflicting agenda, the President was unable to meet Lajcak.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, PM Kurti was also not available to meet with Lajcak because he went to Germany to watch<\/a> the football game between Croatia and Albania during the European Championship.<\/p>\n

The highest political figures in Kosovo had more important business than to meet the EU Special Representative who was on a planned visit to Pristina. Lajcak only met with the first Deputy PM Besnik Bislimi.<\/p>\n

Kurti and Osmani's indifference towards Lajcak\u2019s visit is disrespectful and undiplomatic, to say the least.<\/p>\n

To complicate things even worse for Lajcak, EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy \u2013 Joseph Borell \u2013 recommended lifting the restrictive measures introduced against Kosovo a year ago. Considering that this recommendation came amid Lajcak\u2019s visit to the region, it looked like Borell and Lajcak did not coordinate.<\/p>\n

This move by Borell may be seen as an attempt to appease Pristina. However, it negatively affected Lajcak\u2019s credibility without fulfilling its purpose \u2013 to incite more political will for advancing the dialogue and implementation of the Agreement on the path to normalization.<\/p>\n

The following day, Lajcak went to Belgrade where his visit went better. He first met with President Vucic and later in the day, he met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marko Djuric and the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petkovic.<\/p>\n

Despite Vucic\u2019s statement that the two of them had an \"open and correct<\/a>\u201d discussion, there was no media conference following the meeting.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, this visit can be assessed as futile. It did not bring anything new to the dialogue and further damaged the credibility, not only of Lajcak, who will soon end his mandate despite the extension, but the EU as a facilitator.<\/p>\n

Once again, it became apparent that the EU lacks concrete policy instruments for stimulating the dialogue and bringing the process on track.<\/p>\n

Another failed round of negotiations in Brussels <\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the Lajcak\u2019s fruitless visit to the two capitals, EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borell organized a new round of dialogue in Brussels. This was the first high-level meeting between the two sides in nine months.<\/p>\n

However, this attempt proved unsuccessful as well, since Kurti and Vucic declined to meet in a trilateral format with Borell and Lajcak. Another failed round of dialogue after seven rounds of technical discussions without progress prompted the media and analysts to dub it unsuccessful<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There has been no progress in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue since the beginning of 2024, proving that the dialogue is in a deadlock.<\/p>\n

Two key factors to explain this situation. First, neither side is interested in properly engaging in the dialogue without first receiving some assurances and promises.<\/p>\n

For Pristina, lifting sanctions is not enough of an incentive. For Serbia, on the other hand, opening Cluster 3 in negotiations with the EU is also not a sufficient award.<\/p>\n

Second, both Kuti and Vucic are aware that Borell and Lajcak\u2019s mandate are expiring soon, and that they will leave their posts in the next few months. Therefore, Belgrade and Pristina are waiting for new people to take the place of Borrell and Lajcak and establish a new relationship with them.<\/p>\n

All these developments lead to one crucial conclusion for the EU: The EU is facing a credibility crisis.<\/p>\n

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M\u00eb 18 dhe 19 qershor, Miroslav Laj\u00e7ak, P\u00ebrfaq\u00ebsues i Posa\u00e7\u00ebm i BE-s\u00eb p\u00ebr dialogun Beograd-Prishtin\u00eb, vizitoi Beogradin dhe Prishtin\u00ebn. Marr\u00eb parasysh se mandati i tij pritej t\u00eb p\u00ebrfundonte n\u00eb gusht 2024, kjo ishte parashikuar t\u00eb ishte vizita e fundit n\u00eb rajon. Megjithat\u00eb, n\u00eb podcast-in \u2018Kosovo Dispatch\u2019 t\u00eb Sbunker-it, Laj\u00e7ak-u deklaroi se do t\u00eb vazhdoj\u00eb t\u00eb […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10,972,971],"ppma_author":[25],"class_list":["post-6942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-dialogu","tag-kosove","tag-serbi"],"authors":[{"term_id":25,"user_id":15,"is_guest":0,"slug":"milos-pavkovic","display_name":"Milo\u0161 Pavkovi\u0107","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MP_cropped-150x150-1.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MP_cropped-150x150-1.jpg"},"user_url":"","last_name":"Pavkovi\u0107","first_name":"Milo\u0161","description":"Milo\u0161 Pavkovi\u0107 \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb shkenc\u00ebtar politik me specializim n\u00eb rajonin e Evrop\u00ebs Juglindore, politik\u00ebn krahasuese, regjimet hibride dhe politik\u00ebn e BE-s\u00eb. Studimet bachelor dhe master p\u00ebr shkenca politike i kreu n\u00eb Universitetin e Beogradit. Ai kaloi nj\u00eb vit n\u00eb Universitetin e Grazit si student n\u00eb Erasmus dhe mbrojti tez\u00ebn e magjistratur\u00ebs (De)konsolidimi i shtet\u00ebsis\u00eb s\u00eb Kosov\u00ebs n\u00eb kontekstin e negociatave bashk\u00ebkohore nd\u00ebrmjet Qeverive t\u00eb Kosov\u00ebs* dhe Serbis\u00eb. Ai kreu masterin e dyt\u00eb n\u00eb shkencat politike n\u00eb Universitetin e Evrop\u00ebs Qendrore (CEU). Ai \u00ebsht\u00eb bashk\u00ebautor i publikimit Elementet kryesore t\u00eb nevojshme p\u00ebr p\u00ebrparimin n\u00eb normalizimin e marr\u00ebdh\u00ebnieve nd\u00ebrmjet Kosov\u00ebs dhe Serbis\u00eb. Milo\u0161 aktualisht \u00ebsht\u00eb i pun\u00ebsuar si studiues n\u00eb Qendr\u00ebn e Politikave Evropiane (CEP), Beograd dhe sh\u00ebrben si Ambasador i Ri i Evrop\u00ebs n\u00eb Ballkanin Per\u00ebndimor."}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6944,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6942\/revisions\/6944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6942"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=6942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}