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Serbia Seeks to Normalize Relations with Kosovo, But Without a Deal

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Serbia wants normal relations with Kosovo but still wont sign No deal with President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday, a day after he verbally agreed to implement a Western-backed plan. for normalization of links.

Serbia wants join European Union, clause of membership It is the normalization of relations with Albanian-majority Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008 but which Belgrade still considers as a Serbian province.

Vucic and Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti agreed to implement normalization steps in a meeting with European Union officials in North Macedonia’s lake resort on Saturday, although no document and the European Union said it had been signed wanted moving forward.

“Serbia wants to have normal relations with Kosovo. we want To travel, we are want to do businessYou can not live isolated behind “The walls are 100 meters,” Vucic told reporters on Sunday.

“I was not want to sign the agreement on Executive supplement last Neither night agreement backed by the European Union (in Brussels last month), “Vucic told reporters.” Me, no want to sign any international Legally binding documents with Kosovo because Serbia does not recognize its independence.

late on Corti said on Saturday night that the agreement represented “a de facto acknowledgment.”

Under their verbal agreement, Kosovo committed to granting greater autonomy to Serb-majority regions, while Serbia agreed not to block Kosovo. membership in international organizations.

The European Union pledged to organize a donor conference for Both countries and with Exchange of financial depend on help on steps To improve relationships.

foreigner in the European Union policy President Josep Borrell said on On Saturday, after a 12-hour meeting, the agreement reached had fallen through of a “more An ambitious and detailed “EU proposal that the parties could not agree on on.

He said Kosovo lacked flexibility on Subject of Proposals, while Serbia refused sign document although Belgrade was “quite willing to implement it”.

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