Server: The annex from Ohrid has two serious flaws - it has no substance and no signature of Serbia

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The latest version of the annex for the implementation of the agreement on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, which was discussed yesterday in Ohrid, has two major shortcomings, according to Daniel Server, a professor at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, USA. The first is that it "focuses on the process and not on the essence", which, according to Server, means, among other things, that there is no "obligation to recognize the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kosovo", and the second is "Serbia's repeated refusal to sign ".

In an analysis published today on his blog, Server states that the new agreement provides for a monitoring group chaired by the European Union.

"They bind the EU more than Serbia and Kosovo. What's more, the obligation does not refer to the recognition of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kosovo, because the normalization agreement is not in this reference point", writes Server.

He adds that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic did not sign the agreement in Ohrid because "he is afraid of the reactions in Serbia", where, as he states, "ethnic-nationalist passions and hatred towards Albanians rule".

"EU and US officials want you to believe it doesn't matter. But it is important. According to international law, signed contracts are an obligation for the state. The unsigned are not. Serbia can again withdraw from all agreements on Kosovo, because they have not been signed. In fact, it is not implemented much. Not even Kosovo. Signatures would make a big difference. "That's why Vucic is resisting," Server writes.

The American professor also adds that the Americans and the EU allegedly put a lot of pressure on Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, and "took a different approach towards Vucic and rewarded him in advance".

With that, as he states, Vucic is given "the diplomatic space he needs to refuse to sign."

Server also says that the latest version of the annex "does not have reciprocity".

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