” No seriousness in US leadership dialogue”

The well-known American expert for the Balkans, Edward P. Joseph, speaks of the failure of the so-called dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. In an interview with <x0). [...]
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He says the price of Washington's commitment is the immediate ban on provocation in the two countries, and that means the deal to lift tariffs.
Joseph, currently professor and senior schoolboy near “Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies”, also has a proposal on how an agreement between Kosovo and Serbia could be reached, modelled in the agreement between Skopje and Athens.
Time pressure is almost always a critical factor for any negotiations. The deadlines center the mind, especially when there are events that force opportunities that will lose or setbacks that will occur. It stands for the European Union before all to build these deadlines. It is up to the United States to assume the leading role either Kosovo or Serbia will not take the deadline or process seriously. The best way to make sure that Brussels and Washington remain committed to the process is for Pristina and Belgrade to show that, even they, are serious. The signals are now very mixed. Vucinqi and Thaci send some positive signals, and at the same time some very negative signals. Other voices in Belgrade and Pristina also send some very negative signals. For the United States, specifically, this is discouraging. Part of the thought in Washington is this: Why do we have to cut our heads and get involved when the parties act like this... and they're so inconsistent? )
Pristina and Belgrade should always remember that the primary position towards the Balkans in Washington is this: Let Europeans handle this. Of course, it is almost always the case that Europeans cannot deal with this, especially with Kosovo. If Thaci and Vuciqi want American help to solve this problem, they must win it”, Joseph has stated among other things in this interview.












