Serwer: Kosovo under pressure to reach agreement with Serbia for a while

Daniel Serwer has said that Kosovo will face international pressure for quick deals with Serbia.

Daniel Cerwer, former US State Department special envoy and former vice president of the American Institute for Peace (USIP), has declared that Europe and the United States of America will put strong pressure on Kosovo for reaching the agreement with Serbia before the Belgrade elections in spring 2020.

He also stressed that Kosovo should be willing to reject any kind of agreement that violates its territorial integrity. In the script published in his blog, Serwer has stressed that “I don't see any priority for Kosovo if you give in to such pressure”, writes America's “Zer”.

Pristina should be willing to refuse bad deals in order to reach the best. The bad deal, which violates the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, while the good agreement can ensure sufficient decentralisation and enable minorities to manage with their facilities”, Serwer, professor at John Hopkins University in Washington, stressed.

He has written that he has no clear reason why the US has appointed two special envoys for normalising reports between Serbia and Kosovo and stressed that this creates more confusion than purpose.

Mattew Palmer has been appointed US Secretary of State for the Western Balkans, and US Ambassador to Germany Richard Green has been appointed special envoy of the White House for dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, broadcast news.

I will not be surprised if the ethnic nationalist, Ambassador Green, who has done everything possible in Germany's government, try to revive the idea of exchange of territories”, Serwer stressed and reiterated that for the stability of the region it is important that borders are not drawn by ethnic lines. Serer also warned Kosovo and Albania to abandon the idea of “Greater Albania”.

“Washington and Brussels will continue to reject the idea of Greater Albania, which promotes instability. Albania and Kosovo would do well to resolve internal problems within the existing borders, keep good reports with neighbouring states and close cultural ties with Albanians living in other states”, the professor stressed.

He criticised the decision to delay the opening of negotiations in the European Union for Albania and Northern Macedonia, saying that “Finance and the Netherlands should be ashamed of” for what they have done to Tirana and Skopje.