Stano: Ohrid agreement a political commitment of both parties

BRUSSELS - EU spokesperson Peter Stano said on Tuesday the Ohrid Agreement was a political commitment of both Belgrade and Pristina and what EU member states and EU institutions expected from the two parties.

At a Brussels press briefing, Stano said Belgrade and Pristina had committed to implement all items of the agreement without picking and choosing and that the international reputation and credibility of both parties would be at stake if they decided not to meet their commitments.

Asked by an Albanian reporter about the fate of the Ohrid deal after Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia would implement only some parts of an EU proposal on normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations, Stano said he would not comment on remarks without the full context, but that both parties had agreed to an immediate start of implementation of all items of the agreement, including its annex.

Stano also said EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell had made it clear at the end of last month that agreements reached by the two parties must be implemented.