Norway: Solution to Kosovo problem throws a shadow at other important issues
N1 Info 07.12.2018 | Danas FoNet
Norwegian ambassador to Belgrade, Arne Sannes Bjørnstad, told the Belgrade Danas daily on Friday that Serbia’s membership to the European Union did not depend only on a solution to the Kosovo issue, but also on the rule of law and media reforms, the FoNet news agency reported.
He said the focus was mainly on Kosovo, adding he believed that “is throwing a shadow” at other issues vital to people’s benefits and were the pre-conditions Serbia had to meet to adjust itself to the European standards in media, public procurement, subsidies, economic development... Bjørnstad said both Serbia’s and Kosovo’s citizens were hostages to the current circumstances. “I don’t know when the tariffs (Pristina’s customs duties on goods