The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it welcomed the recent agreement between Serbia and Kosovo on the appendix related to the implementation of the normalization agreement between the two countries within the framework of the road map presented by the European Union.

In its statement on Sunday, the ministry expressed its hope that Serbia and Kosovo will abide by the provisions of the appendix related to the implementation of the agreement.

Within the framework of the road map for the European Union, Serbia and Kosovo reached, on February 27 in Brussels, an agreement to normalize relations, followed by the two countries’ agreement on March 18 in the Macedonian town of Ohrid on an appendix to implement the agreement.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry statement referred to the contacts made by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with his counterpart Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Turkey’s support for all contributions aimed at normalizing relations between Serbia and Kosovo.

Kosovo, which has a majority Albanian population, broke away from Serbia in 1999 and declared its independence in 2008.

Serbia still considers Kosovo part of its territory and supports a Serb minority there.

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The Kosovar government lit the walls of its building in the capital, Pristina, with the Turkish flag, in solidarity with the victims of the earthquake that struck the Turkish state of Kahramanmaraş two days ago.

Prime Minister Albin Kurti said in a tweet on Wednesday that the lighting of the building with the Turkish flag comes on the day of declaring one-day public mourning in Kosovo to commemorate the earthquake victims.

And he added, “We pray for the safety of the injured and affirm that we stand by Turkey and its people.”

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Turkey has sent humanitarian aid to those affected by the floods in Mitrovica, northern Kosovo.

The leadership of the Turkish representative delegation working within the KFOR peacekeeping force in Kosovo said in a statement on Saturday that the aid included urgent clothes for those affected by the torrential rains.

Torrents swept through the northern regions of Kosovo as a result of heavy rains that have continued since Thursday, leaving material damage without recording any human injuries.

The Kosovo Meteorological Service said in a statement that the rains will continue to fall in the same area until next Wednesday, warning that other regions of the country will be exposed to similar torrents and floods.

The Balkan countries, including Albania, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, are battling torrential rains over the past few days.

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On Sunday, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the agreement for citizens of Serbia and Kosovo to cross the border with ID cards.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry expressed the hope that the two countries would be able to resolve many outstanding issues between them, foremost of which is the issue of car plates.

She stressed that Turkey attaches great importance to security and stability in the Balkans and supports all initiatives aimed at resolving outstanding issues through dialogue.

Earlier, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced that Serbia and Kosovo had reached an agreement to end the dispute over the freedom of movement of their citizens across their borders.

Tensions escalated between the two neighboring countries at the end of last July, after the entry into force of a law announced by the Kosovo government, before it retracted and postponed its entry into force for a month in order to calm the situation.

The law requires everyone, including Serbs living in Kosovo, to have a country-issued identity card and to replace license plates from neighboring Serbia with Kosovo-issued plates.

This policy corresponds to a long-standing policy imposed by Belgrade on Kosovar citizens visiting Serbia.

Kosovo, where the majority of the population is Albanian, broke away from Serbia in 1999 and declared its independence from it in 2008, but Belgrade still considers it part of its territory and supports the Serb minority there.

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