The European Union Special Envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, stated in an interview that an important agreement is expected next week regarding the dialogue between the two countries.

Lajcak did not specify what specifically.

He also talked about a possible third meeting between Albin Kurti and Aleksandar Vucic in Brussels before the summer.

“In fact a lot of work has been done and there has been progress, although this has not been so obvious but the truth is that the two chief negotiators are meeting every month in Brussels and we are discussing a number of concrete issues, such as the implementation of past agreements – that were approved a few years ago but have not been implemented – we are also discussing current issues to make sure they do not turn into potential problems and lately we are also working on the future of the normalization agreement. We will have another meeting between the chief negotiators next week. “Hopefully, we will be able to announce a very important agreement, and I am also hoping to bring the two leaders together in Brussels, for the third high-level meeting before the summer holidays,” Lajcak said.

Regarding the signals about visa liberalization for Kosovo that this could happen within days, Lajçak said that “it is close” but did not give a date.

“Again, there is a very unwavering opinion among EU member states that Kosovo should have been granted visa liberalization a long time ago. There is no doubt that Kosovo has met all the conditions to abolish the visa system and the problem again lies in the lack of consensus. But I can say that this issue is being raised between member countries much more often, during meetings of various European bodies, so I think it is close. I do not dare to say a date but it is coming and I say this with complete certainty “, concluded Lajçak.