A week left until September 1: All eyes on Lajcak and Escobar

Photo: Tanjug/AP/Bojan Slavkovic

There are seven days left until September 1, and for now there are no signals from the government in Pristina other than the announcement that there will be no compromise regarding their measures to issue a document that would replace Serbian ID cards. and force re-registration of vehicles with Serbian license plates to local ones.

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All eyes are on the activities of the US and EU envoys, Gabriel Escobar and Miroslav Lajcak, who are in Pristina.

A statement issued by the cabinet of Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani after a meeting with Gabriel Escobar, does not show that any progress had been made. Osmani said that Pristina was constructive in the dialogue and that "the decisions of the Kosovo institutions are in accordance with the Brussels agreement on freedom of movement," reports RTS.

According to Osmani, Pristina is in constant communication and coordination with international partners.

The US envoy did not speak about the meeting, and refused to give a statement to the journalists gathered in front of the presidency building.

Miroslav Lajcak is starting a series of talks today. Together with Escobar, he will meet with Vjosa Osmani, then with Albin Kurti.

The following day, as the EU office in Pristina confirmed for RTS, they are going to Kosovska Mitrovica to meet with representatives of Serbs. Lajcak will then travel to Belgrade.

For now, there is no announcement of an address to the media, however, it is not ruled that Albin Kurti will do that, as a Pristina government session is also scheduled for today, where he could report on the last round of dialogue in Brussels.

Along with the shuttle diplomacy of Lajcak and Escobar, the councilors of the assemblies of four municipalities in the North will sit in Zvecan today after the announcement that Serb representatives may leave Kosovo institutions if no compromise is reached.

It is calm in the north, but patrolling of KFOR soldiers and the police in armored vehicles indicates that it is not business as usual and that there is fear of rising tensions, similar to what happened at the end of July and early this month.

KFOR Commander Ferenc Kajari announced last night in an interview with local media that international soldiers will not allow barricades to be set up on the roads in the north, which, he says, prevent freedom of movement and because according to him, barricades are not helping to resolve the situation.

He added that KFOR has set up observation posts and technical points throughout the North. Also, KFOR soldiers have stepped up patrolling in order to be ready for any incident, he said.

"If there is tension, we will act according to our mandate," Kajari said.

Therefore, all eyes are on the activities of Lajcak and Escobar and the effects of their visits to Pristina and Belgrade.

(Telegraf.rs)