French Ambassador to Kosovo Jean-Francois Fitou said Kosovo and Serbia should have something akin to the Elysee Treaty between France and Germany, which was aimed at reconciliation between the two countries, Pristina daily Kosova Sot reported Tuesday.

In a debate in which the French and German ambassadors talked about the past of the two countries, Fitou said Serbia and Kosovo should learn from the Elysee Treaty.

I believe you will move forward when you start looking forward. Whenever you look back, you will move backwards. This is one of the lessons of the Elysee Treaty, Fitou said, according to Kosova Sot.

Dukadjin Gorani, advisor to the Kosovo prime minister, agreed that there is a need for an agreement similar to the Elysee Treaty between Serbia and Kosovo.

Of course there should be an Elysee Treaty between Kosovo and Serbia, but I think that would be very hard to achieve right now, Gorani said.

The treaty, concluded at the Elysee Palace in Paris by French president Charles de Gaulle and first chancellor of post-war Germany Konrad Adenauer on January 22, 1963, put an end to an era of hostility between the two countries, which are today considered the driving engine of the EU.