01:14North Macedonia: Serbia 'is avoiding signing the agreement' - Kosovo PM Kurti urges EU to make normalisation deal 'legally binding'
Despite striking a tentative agreement on how to implement an EU-backed agreement to normalise their ties, differences and disagreements remained between Kosovo and Serbia late on Saturday night after hours of intense talks in Ohrid, North Macedonia.
"The other side ... is avoiding signing the agreement now also with the annexe, it is now up to European Union to find the mechanism to make the status of this agreement legally and internationally binding," said the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti referring to Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic.
Vucic on his part also underlined that "there have been a lot of things that we disagreed on because it's our job."
The comments came after 12 hours of negotiations between the parties as mediated by EU High Representative For Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.
Last month, both parties tentatively endorsed an 11-point EU-brokered plan on normalising relations, a move that sparked opposition in Serbia which has regarded Kosovo as its province, while its unilaterally declared independence was recognised by about 100 countries worldwide including 22 EU member states and all G7 member states.
01:14Despite striking a tentative agreement on how to implement an EU-backed agreement to normalise their ties, differences and disagreements remained between Kosovo and Serbia late on Saturday night after hours of intense talks in Ohrid, North Macedonia.
"The other side ... is avoiding signing the agreement now also with the annexe, it is now up to European Union to find the mechanism to make the status of this agreement legally and internationally binding," said the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti referring to Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic.
Vucic on his part also underlined that "there have been a lot of things that we disagreed on because it's our job."
The comments came after 12 hours of negotiations between the parties as mediated by EU High Representative For Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.
Last month, both parties tentatively endorsed an 11-point EU-brokered plan on normalising relations, a move that sparked opposition in Serbia which has regarded Kosovo as its province, while its unilaterally declared independence was recognised by about 100 countries worldwide including 22 EU member states and all G7 member states.