Latinovic: I do not expect a consensus among the great powers at the Security Council session

Branka Latinovic, former Ambassador and representative of Serbia to the OSCE, says for Kosovo Online that she does not expect the great powers to reach a consensus on the recent events in Kosovo at the upcoming UN Security Council session.

"It will be very difficult. I do not doubt that representatives of states that have recognized Kosovo will have a critical stance towards these recent activities, the measures taken by the Government of Kosovo, namely the adoption of the Central Bank regulation. This is evident from the statements already made, whether by their ambassadors in Pristina, through statements from foreign ministries, or by other means. That is not disputed. These critical tones should not be excluded from the debate. However, the extent and nature of these criticisms need to be delicately considered. They will surely be carefully considered and taken into account," Latinovic assessed.

According to her, Western countries will insist on the thesis that Kosovo has the right to use the currency it wants, and they will most likely call on Serbia to propose a set of measures or activities to mitigate or postpone these measures.

Latinovic says that the biggest problem is the fact that the European Union did not anticipate protective measures in Pristina's unilateral moves.

"The situation is indeed very complicated, and it must be acknowledged that the European Union, as a mediator in the negotiations, did not sufficiently anticipate the possibilities, knowing the unpredictability of Kurti himself, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, and that during the negotiations, some protective measures should have been anticipated, considering that all this had to be within the competence of the CSM, which does not exist. How to overcome this depends on the determination of the interested parties, primarily the Kosovo side, so that we do not end up in a situation that will only complicate and exacerbate relations in Kosovo and Metohija," Latinovic assesses.