PUBLICATION FROM THE CONFERENCE: "WESTERN BALKANS, THE FUTURES OF INTEGRATION"

The KCSS Executive Director, Florian Qehaja attended the conference on The Future and European Integration of the Western Balkans, organized by the NATO Defense College Foundation in cooperation with the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Balkan Trust for Democracy. The conference was divided into four sessions, and discussed four main topics such as: Regional Cooperation, The implementation of agreements reached between Kosovo and Serbia, NATO and European integration of the region as well as the unfinished business when dealing with the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

While presenting on the topic related to the Serbia-Kosovo Agreement: A Turning Point, the Director of the KCSS focused his speech mainly on the Kosovo-Serbia agreement, emphasizing the lack of implementation of agreements reached. Nevertheless he pointed out the agreement on the free movement of the citizens of Kosovo through airports in Serbia as a positive step. The biggest concern raised by Qehaja is that Kosovo’s lack of membership and inclusion in the main regional security initiatives, highlighting the obstacles that appear from Bosnia as a non-recognizing state mostly driven by Serbia, in order to block Kosovo’s membership in these organizations. Mr. Qehaja pointed out that Kosovo’s membership in these organizations would contribute to overall regional security.

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Publication: Western Balkans, the futures of integration