After 12 hours of talks in Ohrid, an agreement was reached on how to implement the agreement reached on February 27 between Serbia and Kosovo, which should lead to the normalization of relations between the two countries, the European Union's foreign affairs chief said after the talks. security policy Josep Borrell also works

José Borel Fonteles is a Spanish politician from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.

"We initially proposed a more ambitious annex to the agreement, but unfortunately both sides did not agree to this detailed proposal.

This was supported unilaterally, the Kosovo side was not flexible enough.

On the other hand, Serbia emphasized that in principle it will not sign anything until it is fully ready to implement it.

Agreement and implementation will become an integral part of the European path, as well as in the agenda for Kosovo's stabilization with the EU," Borel said.

He added that at the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday, and on Thursday, he will inform the leaders of the EU member states in detail about today's talks.

"Kosovo and Serbia must normalize their relations, this can no longer be avoided, the agreement and the annex are very important in this direction and we will work hard for this realization," Borel said.

Implementation of the agreement means practical steps to be taken, he added.

Kosovo and Serbia have committed to fully and in good faith comply with all articles of the agreement and to fulfill their respective obligations in a timely manner. 

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, said that the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic

Aleksandar Vucic - Serbian lawyer and politician. Aleksandar Vucic was born on March 5, 1970 in Belgrade.

has shied away from signing an agreement to fulfill the commitments made between the two countries and left it to the European Union to find a mechanism to make the commitments binding.

Aleksandar Vucic: I am not too optimistic before tomorrow's meeting in Ohrid

 "It is written in the annex that we are immediately starting the talks on the self-government of the Serbian municipalities.

You know that the Serbian community and the community of municipalities are not the same thing.

All of this is being discussed in substance and for all of the content, but those conversations are still ongoing.

We talked about it, but we need a lot more to come to a concrete conclusion.

I am the prime minister of all citizens, I don't want to belittle anyone based on ethnicity," Kurti was quoted as saying by Macedonian media.

On his part, Aleksandar Vucic

Aleksandar Vucic - Serbian lawyer and politician. Aleksandar Vucic was born on March 5, 1970 in Belgrade. who came to Ohrid with the attitude that he would not sign anything stated that "some kind of agreement" had been reached and the several points, on which an agreement has been reached will become part of the negotiating framework for both parties.

After the talks in Ohrid, the Serbian president added that today he will present every point to the citizens of Serbia and explain everything that happened in Ohrid, and from Monday he will meet with representatives of the parliamentary groups, adds BTA.

Negotiations to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia lasted 12 hours and were led by EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak, initially bilaterally with Kurti and Vucic, and later jointly.

The US Special Representative for the Western Balkans and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar participated in the meetings as an observer.

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