On 27 February 2023, it was verbally accepted by Kosovar prime minister Albin Kurti and Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić and a plan for its implementation was agreed on 18 March 2023.

[9] Initially known as the "Franco-German proposal", the agreement was drafted by French and German diplomats based in the region and was inspired by the "two-Germanies" model from the Cold War.

[9] On 27 February, 2023, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti met in Brussels to discuss an agreement, where they accepted the EU's draft.

Both parties accepted that failure to implement the provisions of the agreement will lead to negative consequences both in terms of aid from, and accession to, the European Union.

[16][3] Josep Borrell informed EU foreign ministers that the implementation of the agreement will be "supervised by a commission from both countries and the European Union which is legally binding".

[23][24] On 2 May 2023, Vučić and Kurti met in Brussels reached an agreement to "cooperate closely on the identification of grave sites and will ensure full access to reliable and accurate information that helps in locating and identifying missing persons from the time frame from 1 January 1998, to 31 December 2000.

[36][37][38] As a result, failure to adhere to obligations contained within the Ohrid Agreement, such as opposing Kosovo's membership in international organisations, could halt Serbia's accession to the European Union.

Following the vote, Serbian President Vučić lashed out at Western powers, telling them to not "lie and cheat" and "interpret things as they see fit, not as written or agreed upon", and the foreign minister, Ivica Dačić, described the events as a "day of shame for the Council of Europe".

[47][48][49][50] A spokesperson for European Union stated that it "took note" of Serbia's vote against Kosovo's membership of the Council of Europe, but added that "The agreement is alive because it's being taken forward".

[54] Serbian delegates also threatened to quit the organization if Kosovo were admitted as a member state and personally attacked rapporteur Dora Bakoyannis.

[55] Previously, Serbian president Alexander Vučić had referred to Bakoyannis as a "shameful woman" for recommending Kosovo's membership in her draft opinion to the assembly.

[58] He also added that in the absence of Vučić physically signing the document, the European Union should ensure it remains legally and internationally binding on the parties.

[63] After the meeting in Ohrid on 18 March 2023, Vučić stated on live TV the following day that he will work on implementing the agreement so long as he is not required to de jure recognise the independence of Kosovo or support its membership of the United Nations which he described as red lines.