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Post by Beach Police on Jul 11, 2009 23:41:11 GMT -5
"Kosovo residents to get passports in Belgrade" 8 July 2009 | 10:38 | Source: Beta BELGRADE -- The EC, which is about to propose visa liberalization, wants Serbia to issue passports to residents from Kosovo in Belgrade.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn is planning to visit Belgrade on July 22, his spokeswoman told B92.
She said that the visit’s schedule had yet to be confirmed, but that Rehn would be discussing relations between Serbia and the EU with senior Serbian officials.
Rehn will be visiting one week after a European Commission (EC) meeting on July 14, which is expected to see the adoption of recommendations for visa liberalization for the Western Balkan states.
Rehn’s spokeswoman would not be drawn on media speculation that the EC’s proposal for visa liberalization would not apply to citizens residing in Kosovo.
Beta reports from Brussels that, on the basis of the EC’s proposal, the Serbian authorities will be able to issue biometric passports to citizens from Kosovo from a single Coordination Center in Belgrade.
EC sources informed Beta that under the commission’s proposal, Serbia would be able to issue biometric passports to citizens from Kosovo, but that they would have to acquire European visas in order to be able to enter the Schengen zone.
Under EU visa regulations, Kosovo will be placed in the category of territories that, for the EU’s purposes, have an undefined, unrecognized international legal status, such as Taiwan or northern Cyprus.
In its draft proposal, the EC states that Macedonia has met all the necessary conditions, while Serbia and Montenegro will have until October 1 to meet certain additional conditions and measures, before joining Macedonia on the white list by January 1, Beta reports.
Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkoviæ cited the abolition of visas as one of the government’s biggest successes so far.
“It’s with satisfaction that we can say that the abolition of the visa regime and the passage to the so-called Schengen white list is something that will remain documented as a contribution that we’ve made,” he said.
“We’ve considerably repaired the Serbian government’s image in the world,“ said the prime minister, adding that the government now had good relations with both Russia and the U.S.
A day before the EC meeting, EU Foreign and Security Policies Chief Javier Solana is also due to visit Belgrade.
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Post by leshte on Jul 11, 2009 23:59:54 GMT -5
And here I thought you guys were yelling all the time Kocobo je Srbija. So i guess its not then. I hope they give Kosova Serbs those new passports; then they can move freely. P.S Anyone here willing to make a bet with me that in the very near future Serbia will complain to EU that it doesn't see Kosovo as part of Serbia but as an undefined, unrecognized international legal status. You know when that will happen? When the EU tells Serbia to either choose EU or Kosova because Serbia cannot enter the EU with Kosova because for the EU’s purposes, Kosova has an undefined, unrecognized international legal status; and they do not want any members that within it have an undefined, unrecognized international legal status. You guys get fooled real quick and then complain about it. What is ironic is that Serbia itself would have signed the papers with EU by that time, agreeing that Serbia like the EU sees Kosova as an undefined, unrecognized international legal status Thats what will get rid of the visas. Its a deal with the devil. Bye bye heavenly kingdom. EULEX didn't teach you guys anything?
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Post by Fender on Jul 12, 2009 1:19:28 GMT -5
And here I thought you guys were yelling all the time Kocobo je Srbija. So i guess its not then. I hope they give Kosova Serbs those new passports; then they can move freely. P.S Anyone here willing to make a bet with me that in the very near future Serbia will complain to EU that it doesn't see Kosovo as part of Serbia but as an undefined, unrecognized international legal status. You know when that will happen? When the EU tells Serbia to either choose EU or Kosova because Serbia cannot enter the EU with Kosova because for the EU’s purposes, Kosova has an undefined, unrecognized international legal status; and they do not want any members that within it have an undefined, unrecognized international legal status. You guys get fooled real quick and then complain about it. What is ironic is that Serbia itself would have signed the papers with EU by that time, agreeing that Serbia like the EU sees Kosova as an undefined, unrecognized international legal status Thats what will get rid of the visas. Its a deal with the devil. Bye bye heavenly kingdom. EULEX didn't teach you guys anything? Stay off the drugs
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Post by EriTopSheqeri on Jul 12, 2009 6:56:04 GMT -5
leshte you b!tch, stay off fender's drugs
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