"Kosovo residents to get passports in Belgrade"

The EC, which is about to propose visa liberalization, wants Serbia to issue passports to residents from Kosovo in Belgrade.

Izvor: Beta

Wednesday, 08.07.2009.

10:38

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The EC, which is about to propose visa liberalization, wants Serbia to issue passports to residents from Kosovo in Belgrade. EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn is planning to visit Belgrade on July 22, his spokeswoman told B92. "Kosovo residents to get passports in Belgrade" She said that the visit’s schedule had yet to be confirmed, but that Rehn would be discussing relations between Serbia and the EU with senior Serbian officials. Rehn will be visiting one week after a European Commission (EC) meeting on July 14, which is expected to see the adoption of recommendations for visa liberalization for the Western Balkan states. Rehn’s spokeswoman would not be drawn on media speculation that the EC’s proposal for visa liberalization would not apply to citizens residing in Kosovo. Beta reports from Brussels that, on the basis of the EC’s proposal, the Serbian authorities will be able to issue biometric passports to citizens from Kosovo from a single Coordination Center in Belgrade. EC sources informed Beta that under the commission’s proposal, Serbia would be able to issue biometric passports to citizens from Kosovo, but that they would have to acquire European visas in order to be able to enter the Schengen zone. Under EU visa regulations, Kosovo will be placed in the category of territories that, for the EU’s purposes, have an undefined, unrecognized international legal status, such as Taiwan or northern Cyprus. In its draft proposal, the EC states that Macedonia has met all the necessary conditions, while Serbia and Montenegro will have until October 1 to meet certain additional conditions and measures, before joining Macedonia on the white list by January 1, Beta reports. Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic cited the abolition of visas as one of the government’s biggest successes so far. “It’s with satisfaction that we can say that the abolition of the visa regime and the passage to the so-called Schengen white list is something that will remain documented as a contribution that we’ve made,” he said. “We’ve considerably repaired the Serbian government’s image in the world,“ said the prime minister, adding that the government now had good relations with both Russia and the U.S. A day before the EC meeting, EU Foreign and Security Policies Chief Javier Solana is also due to visit Belgrade. Olli Rehn (Beta, archive)

"Kosovo residents to get passports in Belgrade"

She said that the visit’s schedule had yet to be confirmed, but that Rehn would be discussing relations between Serbia and the EU with senior Serbian officials.

Rehn will be visiting one week after a European Commission (EC) meeting on July 14, which is expected to see the adoption of recommendations for visa liberalization for the Western Balkan states.

Rehn’s spokeswoman would not be drawn on media speculation that the EC’s proposal for visa liberalization would not apply to citizens residing in Kosovo.

Beta reports from Brussels that, on the basis of the EC’s proposal, the Serbian authorities will be able to issue biometric passports to citizens from Kosovo from a single Coordination Center in Belgrade.

EC sources informed Beta that under the commission’s proposal, Serbia would be able to issue biometric passports to citizens from Kosovo, but that they would have to acquire European visas in order to be able to enter the Schengen zone.

Under EU visa regulations, Kosovo will be placed in the category of territories that, for the EU’s purposes, have an undefined, unrecognized international legal status, such as Taiwan or northern Cyprus.

In its draft proposal, the EC states that Macedonia has met all the necessary conditions, while Serbia and Montenegro will have until October 1 to meet certain additional conditions and measures, before joining Macedonia on the white list by January 1, Beta reports.

Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković cited the abolition of visas as one of the government’s biggest successes so far.

“It’s with satisfaction that we can say that the abolition of the visa regime and the passage to the so-called Schengen white list is something that will remain documented as a contribution that we’ve made,” he said.

“We’ve considerably repaired the Serbian government’s image in the world,“ said the prime minister, adding that the government now had good relations with both Russia and the U.S.

A day before the EC meeting, EU Foreign and Security Policies Chief Javier Solana is also due to visit Belgrade.

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