Party leaders in Kosovo have agreed yesterday that Wednesday will be the last day of the term of the current legislature.

This follows talks between Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, head of the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, Ramush Haradinaj, of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, and Mimoza Kusari – Lila from the AKR.

At a joint meeting with President Atifete Jahjaga, the leaders discussed the recent blockade of legislation in the Assembly.

The extraordinary session of the Assembly is due to start at noon.

The deicision to dissolve the Assembly came after MPs failed to resolve two key issues: the transformation of the existing Kosovo Security Forces into the Kosovo Armed Forces and reserved seats for ethnic minorities in parliament.

Serbian parties in the Assembly have conditioned their support for a vote on the Kosovo Armed Forces with the maintenance of reserved seats for minorities.

A statement by the President said the party leaders had stressed the need to organize early elections “to extract the country from a political blockade”.

By law, elections must be held between 30 and 45 days from the dissolution of the Assembly./balkaninsight/