Koha Ditore reports that the European Union has rejected the evaluation of the Kosovar minister of Interior Affairs Bajram Rexhepi, and those of Integrations Minister Besim Beqaj, that Kosovo has fulfilled all the criteria for receiving strategy for visa liberalization.

On the day that the European Council has taken the decision to remove the visas for Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, officials of the European Commission have made it clear that the Kosovo government did not fulfill the criteria to reactivate the strategy which would enable the start of the dialogue about liberalization.

“We never said that Kosovo will receive the strategy without fulfilling the criteria. One of the criteria where we asked to be worked more on is that of repatriation and reintegration. According to our evaluation, this criteria has not been fulfilled”, said Michele Cercone, Spokesperson of the Interior Affairs Commissioner.