Recognizing Kosovo-Serbia, DASH comes out with an important announcement

The US Department of State sees the Association of Serb-majority municipalities as key to building the future of Kosovo as a sovereign state integrated into the Euro-Atlantic structures. The spokesperson of the US Department of State, Ned Price, during a conference on Wednesday, said that through dialogue they believe that Kosovo and Serbia should reach a comprehensive agreement for the normalization of relations. But Price emphasized that they cannot set a deadline for mutual recognition between Kosovo and Serbia.

"Of course we want these issues, these tensions between Kosovo and Serbia to be resolved as soon as possible. And so we will support this EU dialogue. We will take every step we can as a partner of Kosovo and Serbia and the EU to support the acceleration in every possible way of improving relations between Kosovo and Serbia. But, we just can't put a time frame on it. Of course, we want these issues to be resolved as soon as possible," he said.

Recently, there have been some developments in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue. The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and the Serbian President, Aleksandër Vu?i?, in a meeting held on February 27, have accepted a proposal from the European Union in Brussels, entitled "Agreement towards the normalization of Kosovo-Serbia". The agreement, for which preparations have been made since the fall of 2022, and covers many aspects in the relations between the two countries, has not yet been signed, but has been officially published by the EU. The agreement is basically an addition to the agreement reached in Brussels in 2013, between Pristina and Belgrade, which envisaged the normalization of relations, after Kosovo declared independence in 2008, an action that Serbia has never accepted.