The meeting between the chief European diplomat, Josep Borrell and the prime minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has started.
Borrell will also meet separately with the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, and then a joint meeting is expected.
The European Union has announced that a high-level meeting will be held today within the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue.
The EU has said that the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, will be received in Brussels by the High Representative of the EU for foreign policy, Josep Borrell, and by the emissary of the EU for dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak.
Borrell will receive Kurti and Vucic starting at 08:00 in the morning in separate meetings, while there will also be a tripartite meeting afterwards.
“The focus of the emergency meeting will be to find a way out of the current crisis and avoid further escalations and tensions on the ground, with an emphasis on license plates and the return of Kosovo Serbs to Kosovo institutions. There will be a statement to the media from the High Representative at the end of the meeting,” the EU announcement said.
The head of EU diplomacy himself, Josep Borrell, in a post on Twitter said that the time has come to move towards the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
“We need to de-escalate the situation, stop going from permanent crisis management and instead start moving towards normalizing relations,” Borrell wrote on Twitter.
Today’s meetings are held one day before the entry into force of the decision of the Government of Kosovo to fine the drivers of vehicles with illegal license plates issued by Serbia.
The authorities in Kosovo have announced that from November 22 they will start issuing fines of 150 euros for drivers in the north who have cars with license plates issued by Serbia, which Kosovo considers illegal.
Serbs in the north of Kosovo, where they constitute the majority, have warned that they will oppose the imposition of fines, just as they have opposed the entire Government’s decision on license plates.
