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Miroslav Lajčák could become first EU Special Envoy for Western Balkans

FENA Press release

SARAJEVO, January 10 (FENA) - The first EU Special Envoy for the Western Balkans, as speculated, could be the Slovak Foreign Minister and former High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Miroslav Lajčák.

This information was published today by the specialized monitoring portal of the European institutions EURACTIV.com, explaining that the position which would have to be set up by the European Commission in coordination with the European External Action Service (EEAS), for which Lajčák worked briefly.

So far, the EU has not had a special representative for the region showing aspirations for EU membership, and negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina have been conducted with the mediation of former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.

Belgrade and Pristina, with the mediation of Brussels, have conducted a dialogue aimed at reaching a comprehensive agreement, however, the dialogue has not been conducted for more than a year. It was stopped at the end of 2018 when Pristina imposed fees of 100 percent on goods from Serbia and BiH.

After the fees, the new obstacle were the elections, first in Europe in May 2019 and then in Kosovo in October, while elections in Serbia are likely to follow in April this year.

Speculations about the Special Envoy of the European Union began as the United States appointed Matthew Palmer and Richard Grenell as its own Representatives for the region and the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, respectively.

(FENA) A. B.

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