Kurti: In Tirana, support for the position that the agreement in Ohrid is a de facto recognition

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Aljbin Kurti, said that at the meetings with the heads of the institutions in Albania, he received support regarding the fact that the Ohrid Agreement resulted in the de facto recognition of Kosovo by Serbia.

Kurti, after the meeting with the President of Albania Bajram Begaj, President of the Assembly Lindita Nikola and Prime Minister Edi Ram, told the media that he introduced them to the elements of the agreement reached between Kosovo and Serbia on March 18 in Ohrid.

"I wanted to inform them about the closeness and details of the dialogue process and the elements of the agreement that must now be implemented... President Begaj, President Nikola and Prime Minister Rama supported me in the dialogue process and for the agreement I reached. Albania is always next to Kosovo and proves it in the international arena, but also in our bilateral relations. I agreed with Prime Minister Ram that the next meeting of the two governments will be in June, but we also discussed the implementation of the signed agreements so far and what new agreements we can make," he said, quoted by Kossev.

Kurti added that the representatives of the institutions supported his position that this agreement is a de facto recognition of Kosovo by Serbia, reports N1.

"They supported my position that this agreement is a de facto recognition of the Republic of Kosovo by Serbia, it is in fact a de facto mutual recognition and I explained to them that Article 7, which talks about the self-government of the Serbian community and mentions the Council of Europe, actually corresponds to the framework agreement for the protection of national minorities. Point 10 refers to all previous agreements that our government inherited from the dialogue process in Brussels, of which there are 39 and for which we agreed that they should be applied, of course those that are valid and mandatory, which is stated in Article 10 of the agreement Kurti said.

Then he also spoke about what Kosovo wants from Albania.

"We ask the Republic of Albania for support in international forums for Kosovo, whenever it is discussed. "Kosovo, its subjectivity, sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity must be protected, but we must also be helped in membership in international organizations," he said.