The outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia, Miroslav Lajčak, who was mentioned as a possible envoy of the European Union for dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, said that he will make the final decision on future engagement in the next two weeks, after the general elections in the country.
At the Conference on Slovak Foreign and European Policy, after the media reported today that it was announced from Brussels that he would be appointed as the new UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara, he said that he was considering several offers.
"It turned out that I will be devoted to the Balkans for the rest of my life. Currently, however, I am considering several offers, but one of them is from that region," said Lajcak.
He stated that he does not see himself in domestic politics and that he wants to return to his original profession.
"I have never stopped feeling like a diplomat," explained Lajcak, Slovak news agency TASR reports.
The post of UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara has been vacant since May 2019, when former German President Horst Keller left for health reasons.
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, said last week that he does not rule out the possibility of Lajčak becoming the EU's special envoy for dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.
Vučić also said that the person who comes to that place "will definitely be under the strong influence of Germany".
The President of Serbia described Lajcak as "an experienced and intelligent person with a great education, who also has "good relations with Berlin".
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