Thaci: Position of Kosovo and U.S "identical"

Source: Beta

PRIŠTINA -- Hashim Thaci said on Monday that the seventh round of his Brussels negotiations with Ivica Dačić had been a "marathon" session.

(Beta, file)

He added that "he had voiced the intention to move forward" and stressed that "the positions of Kosovo and the U.S. were identical."
Thaci told a session of the Kosovo government that "Kosovo's stances were very clear and that they reflected full adherence to the constitution, local government legislation, the Martti Ahtisaari plan and the highest European Union standards", Beta is reporting.

"It was a good opportunity to move forward toward an end or reaching agreement, in order to go from the stage of the age-old confrontation between Kosovo and Serbia to a new stage of good neighborly relations and cooperation," Thaci said.

The head of the government in Priština also "voiced the hope that a chance for that had not been lost and that it would be set right on April 2."

According to him, Priština's position in Brussels had been and continued to be "completely in line with the positions of the U.S., EU and NATO."

Thaci said that, if a deal was reached, "the institutions of Kosovo, EULEX and NATO would assume responsibility," adding that this was supported by NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen.