On her official visit from 7 to 12 November, Ms Moret will first visit Serbia and then Kosovo. On Monday 9 November, she will hold talks with her Serbian counterpart in Belgrade, Ivica Dačić, with President Aleksandar Vučić, with the Prime Minister Ana Brnabić and with the Minister of Finance Siniša Mali. The talks will focus on European and regional integration, the progress of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, the support provided by Switzerland and on the cooperation in the International Financial Institutions. At the parliamentary elections in Serbia on 21 June, President Aleksandar Vučić’s Progressive Party won a large majority.
Ms Moret will also visit the towns of Niš and Paraćin where talks will be held with the local authorities on the Swiss projects in Serbia.
On arrival in Kosovo, Ms Moret and the Swiss delegation will be welcomed to Pristina by the president of the assembly of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, who was elected on 3 February. Following the resignation of Hashim Thaçi yesterday, Ms Osmani will now also hold the office of head of state ad interim. Ms Moret will also meet with the Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti as well as with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla. She will visit the municipalities of South Mitrovica, North Mitrovica, Orahovac, Suva Reka and Prizren, and meet the commander of SWISSCOY and members of the Liaison and Monitoring Team (LMT) to receive an update on Switzerland’s contribution to the NATO-led international peacekeeping mission, KFOR.
The agenda also includes talks on the public health impact of the coronavirus and international aid to Kosovo with the director of the United Nations Development Programme UNDP, with representatives from the World Health Organization WHO and the World Bank, and with members of the parliamentary committee investigating the Kosovo government’s management of the pandemic. Switzerland is one of Kosovo’s main partners and a key donor country, having donated EUR 500,000 through the UNDP for the purchase of ventilators and COVID-19 test kits.
During her stay, Ms Moret will also visit Swiss cooperation programmes in Kosovo, including a water supply project and a cooperative venture helping war widows to become economically independent.
The president of the National Council will be accompanied on her visit by National Councillor Mauro Tuena (SVP, ZH), who is vice president of the National Council Security Policy Committee. All visits and meetings will take place in compliance with the appropriate precautionary health measures.