Stano: Bislimi's behavior toward EU officials unacceptable

The behavior of Kosovo's Deputy Prime Minister, Besnik Bislimi, toward European Union officials is unacceptable, EU Spokesperson Peter Stano stated, as reported by RFE.

"We hope that Mr. Bislimi will appreciate the efforts instead of unfairly accusing EU officials. Such behavior is unacceptable," Stano said.

Stano confirmed that the EU had called on Kosovo and Serbia to discuss the issue of the dinar at a meeting on February 27.

"We usually do not comment on exchanges with our partners. However, in the invitation, through a letter from Special Envoy Lajcak, it was not specified who should represent Kosovo and who should represent Serbia, it was left to the parties to decide," Stano said.

He explained that the invitation had been made after meetings the EU High Representative Borrell had held with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti last week in Munich, where, according to him, the issue of the dinar had been discussed.

On Wednesday, Bislimi said he had declined Brussels' invitation to discuss the ban on the Serbian dinar in Kosovo and accused EU Special Representative for Dialogue Miroslav Lajcak of violating principles.

Bislimi stated that Lajcak, by issuing this invitation, had violated "the principles he himself set," because, according to him, "for the first time, he scheduled a meeting without prior agreement with the parties and attempted to set the agenda despite the principles established in 2021 that no topic should be placed on the agenda without the parties' agreement."