Konjufca: VV has selected presidential candidates, awaits talks with LDK

Acting Foreign Minister Glauk Konjufca has announced that the Vetëvendosje Movement already has potential candidates for Kosovo’s next president. However, he said the proposals will not be made public before the meeting with the Democratic League of Kosovo.

He said that VV and acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti are ready to hold talks with LDK leader Lumir Abdixhiku. Konjufca expects their discussion to focus on concrete proposals for the country’s next head of state.

According to Konjufca, the LDK’s expressed willingness to hold talks, along with its announcement that concrete names for president will be presented at the next meeting, represents a new and positive opportunity. He said there is a very good chance that the parties will reach an agreement and that Kosovo will elect a president. In his assessment, whenever Kurti and Abdixhiku sit down to meet, negotiations will be based on concrete candidates, and one of them could become the next president of the Republic of Kosovo.

Konjufca stressed that Vetëvendosje and Kurti are prepared, confirming that the names have been selected. He declined to make them public, arguing that doing so would undermine the purpose of the negotiating process.

He expressed confidence that the LDK would also be ready soon, since Abdixhiku said last week that the meeting would be held during this week. However, according to the information available to Konjufca, Kurti has not yet received an invitation, nor has it been discussed which day of the week the meeting will take place. For this reason, VV is waiting for it to be scheduled.

Konjufca said that once the meeting takes place, an agreement on the president of the Republic of Kosovo will be very close.

He expressed regret that the talks were not held last week, saying that the delay was unnecessary. Nevertheless, he said he understood if the parties had asked for additional time, since the issue was not simple. According to him, the political entities must first determine the final names to be proposed and then try to reach consensus.