Maja Kocijancic

The European Commission and the United States welcomed on Wednesday an agreement reached within Bosnia's tripartite presidency to appoint a new Chairman of the Council of Ministers - effectively Bosnia's prime minister - more than a year after the country voted in elections.

They also state that if this issue is on schedule, it will not be put "on the table" in the next few months.
"If this is meant to be discussed, it will be further in the future when the new European Commission is set up, which should be decided by the new High Representative and the EU Council of Foreign Ministers," Tanjug sources in Brussels said.

The European Union intends to intensify its dialogue with the Western Balkan countries in order to explain the benefits of funding through the direct major instruments for EU infrastructure projects. At the same time, it calls on these countries, when attracting investment from other partners that help the region, to pay particular attention to meeting EU standards.

Brnabic and her Kosovo counterpart Haradinaj currently take part in the Western Balkan Summit in Poznan.

Speaking for Belgrade's Vercernje Novosti daily, Maja Kocijancic made the comment after it has been hinted that Germany, and France, in particular, could assume an active role in the process.

EC spokesperson Maja Kocijancic said this for the Albanian language daily Shekulli, adding that the status quo is "not an alternative."

NATO sources explained that there was an exchange of letters between then Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and former Secretary General Andreas Fogh Rasmussen.

"Basically, then prime minister Thaci took an obligation that the KSF (Kosovo Security Force) would not go north of the Ibar River without an agreement with the KFOR commander," one NATO source explained to RFE.

Maja Kocijancic also emphasizes that "all open issues between the two sides need to be resolved through the finalization of the dialogue."

An EU spokesperson has told this to Pristina-based Zeri.

A comprehensive, legally binding agreement for full normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina requires a climate that contributes to good neighborly relations where the past agreements are respected and fully implemented," Maja Kocijancic said

An EU spokesperson reacted to this by saying that the dialogue is headed by the EU, not the US and Russia.

According to the Albanian languge newspaper, the US president is preparing a ceremony to for the signing of an agreement on normalization of relations, which would be done by Hashim Thaci and Aleksandar Vucic.