Spahiu: MEPs’ call for five EU states to recognize Kosovo is pressure on Serbia

Political analyst Nexhmedin Spahiu says that the Resolution on Kosovo adopted yesterday by the European Parliament reflects the continuity of European policy toward the region and that it understandably includes the demand to honor the agreement reached in the dialogue between Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic.

"Kosovo is being asked to establish the Community of Serb-majority Municipalities as a form of autonomy for Serbs in Kosovo, while Serbia is expected to tacitly recognize Kosovo by opening permanent diplomatic missions, Serbia in Pristina and Kosovo in Belgrade," Spahiu told Kosovo Online.

Spahiu interprets the European Parliament's call for the five EU member states that have not recognized Kosovo to do so as a form of pressure on Serbia.

"This is a type of pressure on Serbia, because if EU sanctions are pressure on Kosovo, then the call for recognition directed at the five EU countries is pressure on Serbia. It is to be expected that after the agreement between Kosovo and Serbia is fulfilled, those five countries will recognize Kosovo. That would be the normal course of events," Spahiu opined.