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The United States criticizes the draft laws approved by Serbia related to Kosovo

2024-10-31 22:22:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

The United States criticized Serbia's government for passing a bill on Serbian judicial jurisdiction in Kosovo that the European Union said violated Belgrade's obligations stemming from the Brussels talks.

"We agree with the EU...", wrote on Thursday the spokesperson of the US Department of State Matthew Miller.

"Kosovo and Serbia must implement the 2023 agreement including the Association of Serb-majority municipalities and the solutions that emerge from the dialogue for all citizens, including Serbs in Kosovo," he wrote.

On Wednesday, the European Union called on Serbia to reconsider the draft laws approved by the Serbian government on Monday, which declare Kosovo as an area of ??special social protection and define, as it says, "the competence of the Serbian judicial authorities in the prosecution of criminal offenses committed in the territory of Kosovo".

These draft laws were announced by the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vu?i?, on September 13, as a response to the decisions of the Kosovo authorities to extinguish the institutions appointed by Serbia.

The draft law on the competence of the judicial authorities, which, among other things, provides for the establishment of a special prosecution and a special court "to prosecute all those who participate in the persecution of the Serbian population in Kosovo", provoked harsh reactions of the authorities in Kosovo.

Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that such draft laws are hostile and aggressive actions towards constitutionality and security in Kosovo.

"However, we request that the international factors that have helped us so much answer this question accurately and fairly, but at the same time they must continue to support us because Kosovo, as a Republic in which they have contributed, is again being attacked by our northern neighbor," he said.

The European Union and the United States are calling on the parties to avoid actions that could fuel tensions and focus on implementing the agreement on the normalization of relations that the parties agreed on last year in Brussels and Ohrid./VOA