Kosovo's acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that the meeting with the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Lumir Abdixhiku, was open and sincere, but did not lead to a political agreement between the two parties. Kurti said that reaching an agreement on the election of the president is a necessary condition for avoiding a new political crisis and early elections.

According to him, a scenario where institutions are initially constituted, but then the impasse over the election of the president returns, would lead to the same result as before. “I am convinced that for sustainability going forward, which also means avoiding new and unnecessary elections, there is no other way than with an agreement on the election of the president. If we elect the president and the Presidency of the Assembly, form the new government, but again face the problem of the president, then this is a proven formula and we cannot expect any other result,” Kurti said.

He stressed that without an agreement on this issue, the country risks heading towards the dissolution of the Assembly and new elections.

“At the moment we do not have a political agreement. Expectations are different, positions do not match,” declared the acting prime minister. Kurti also focused on the LDK’s demands for the post of president, saying that they do not match the election result. “My conviction is that there is a drastic difference between the election result and the LDK’s demands. The election result is the will of the people and we cannot make an agreement that would distort that result,” he said. According to Kurti, any political agreement must respect the weight that the parties have received from the citizens in the elections, hinting that this remains one of the main obstacles in negotiations with the LDK.