German foundation drafts "Kosovo agreement"
A Belgrade-based daily has reported about the contents of a working version of Konrad Adenauer Foundation's "agreement between Serbia and Kosovo".
Monday, 11.03.2013.
13:27
BELGRADE A Belgrade-based daily has reported about the contents of a working version of Konrad Adenauer Foundation's "agreement between Serbia and Kosovo". Among other points, it states that "both sides will build relations on non-interference in internal affairs and respect of territorial integrity." German foundation drafts "Kosovo agreement" Both sides also need to agree that their membership in the United Nations and other international organizations "will not imply confirmation under international law", according to the daily Danas. Furthermore, it calls for "Serbia and Kosovo to commit to the full implementation of the agreements reached (in negotiations) under the auspices of the European Union." The newspaper said that several sources confirmed the authenticity of the contents of this document, and that special advisor for foreign affairs and security to the German chancellor, Christoph Heusgen, delieverd it in February to Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic during his visit to Berlin. The Konrad Adenauer Foundation, meanwhile, said the drafting of the document was their idea, and explained they wished to, in cooperation with "a group of Serb and Albanian legal experts and politicians" consider "all topics that a possible agreement on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina should contain under the current circumstances, in a general and concise manner". According to this, the foundation submitted its working document to Heusgen in January. However, the newspaper said it was unofficially told that this draft "has nothing to do with the pace and content of the Brussels negotiations - although there are points of convergence when it comes to the border regime and liaison offices". Among othe points, the document calls for both sides to "mutually pledge to set up liaison offices at the seats of governments" and "seek cross-border cooperation between municipalities and communities, foster twinning of municipalities, facilitate freedom of movement between the neighboring communities in order to reduce barriers". Both parties to the agreement should commit to "mutual support in their efforts to join the EU," and to "under the auspices of the UN resolve all their differences through peaceful means only, without the threat or use of force." According to the draft version published by the daily, Belgrade and Pristina should "proceed on the assumption that neither party can represent another in international relations, nor act on its behalf, and that their authority is limited to their own territory." The agreement would, as suggested, come into force "on the day it is signed by representatives of both sides." The newspaper then quotes diplomatic circles in Brussels as saying that they expected that the draft, in its part related to the protection of national communities and minorities, "could undergo changes" and that the final version could contain a list of all agreements that Belgrade and Pristina reached in the dialogue of prime ministers. The same sources further speculated that Belgrade could accept this type of agreement as a guarantee for the implementation of the Brussels agreements, and in this way "avoid the adoption of special laws". Danas
German foundation drafts "Kosovo agreement"
Both sides also need to agree that their membership in the United Nations and other international organizations "will not imply confirmation under international law", according to the daily Danas.Furthermore, it calls for "Serbia and Kosovo to commit to the full implementation of the agreements reached (in negotiations) under the auspices of the European Union."
The newspaper said that several sources confirmed the authenticity of the contents of this document, and that special advisor for foreign affairs and security to the German chancellor, Christoph Heusgen, delieverd it in February to Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić during his visit to Berlin.
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation, meanwhile, said the drafting of the document was their idea, and explained they wished to, in cooperation with "a group of Serb and Albanian legal experts and politicians" consider "all topics that a possible agreement on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Priština should contain under the current circumstances, in a general and concise manner".
According to this, the foundation submitted its working document to Heusgen in January.
However, the newspaper said it was unofficially told that this draft "has nothing to do with the pace and content of the Brussels negotiations - although there are points of convergence when it comes to the border regime and liaison offices".
Among othe points, the document calls for both sides to "mutually pledge to set up liaison offices at the seats of governments" and "seek cross-border cooperation between municipalities and communities, foster twinning of municipalities, facilitate freedom of movement between the neighboring communities in order to reduce barriers".
Both parties to the agreement should commit to "mutual support in their efforts to join the EU," and to "under the auspices of the UN resolve all their differences through peaceful means only, without the threat or use of force."
According to the draft version published by the daily, Belgrade and Priština should "proceed on the assumption that neither party can represent another in international relations, nor act on its behalf, and that their authority is limited to their own territory."
The agreement would, as suggested, come into force "on the day it is signed by representatives of both sides."
The newspaper then quotes diplomatic circles in Brussels as saying that they expected that the draft, in its part related to the protection of national communities and minorities, "could undergo changes" and that the final version could contain a list of all agreements that Belgrade and Priština reached in the dialogue of prime ministers.
The same sources further speculated that Belgrade could accept this type of agreement as a guarantee for the implementation of the Brussels agreements, and in this way "avoid the adoption of special laws".
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