Kosovo complains in Brussels over CEFTA Row
Kosovo financial authorities have asked the European Commission to help them solve their trade row with Serbia and Bosnia, who are both blocking the import and transit of goods stamped with the seal of the Kosovo Customs authority, insisting that UNMIK and not Pristina should represent Kosovo in regional and international affairs, including the regional CETFA free trade agreement.
(KosovoComrpomise Staff) Saturday, January 31, 2009
Kosovo authorities have said the blockade is unacceptable because Serbia, Bosnia and Kosovo all signed the CEFTA agreement, which stipulates the free movement of goods and services throughout the Balkans. At the time of the signing, UNMIK signed on behalf of Pristina.
Since their declaration of independence, Kosovo Albanian want to denigrate UNMIK's role and insist to be the sole representatives of „the Republic of Kosovo", while Serbs imperatively stick to UNSC Resolution 1244, which stipulates that Kosovo can only be represented by UNMIK .
Kosovo's Minister for Trade and Industry Lutfi Zharku said that talks in Brussels would begin "tomorrow, or eventually next week".
