Statement by the Embassies of France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom

We have learnt that yesterday’s swearing-in ceremony for judges and prosecutors from other communities in Kosovo had to be postponed. We welcome the intense preparations and work that have already been completed by Kosovo’s state institutions and the EU to welcome judges and prosecutors from other communities into Kosovo’s judicial system. Once achieved, this will constitute an important milestone in advancing the integration of communities in Kosovo and in the Normalization Dialogue with Serbia. With that perspective, we were disappointed that an action agreed by Kosovo and Serbia in the EU-facilitated meeting in August has been postponed at the last minute. We hope that this ceremony can be rescheduled in the next days.