7 hours agoKosovo-Serbia meeting postponed in White House
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)The meeting, warned for two days between Kosovo and Serbia at the White House, has been postponed for two days. America's Voice sources did not provide any details about the reasons for the postponement of the meeting, which would be the National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, and together with Ambassador Richard Green, of [...]
The meeting, warned for two days between Kosovo and Serbia at the White House, has been postponed for two days. America's Voice sources did not provide any details for the reasons for the postponement of the meeting, whose host will be National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, and along with Ambassador Richard Green, President Donald Trump's special envoy for Kosovo peace talks Serbia.
O'Brien's office said earlier that the United States is looking forward to these important discussions with President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and believe economic progress is essential for advancing the peace process.
In Kosovo, the heads of institutions have welcomed the American commitment to holding a meeting at the White House. Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti wrote earlier that “for major economic co-operation projects will be discussed at the meeting, which will change Kosovo's economic perspective and the” region.
The announcement was also welcomed in Belgrade, where Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said the fact that he will discuss economic issues is good for Serbia and the region. However, he said Friday that topics of discussion are expressed by hosts and does not rule out the possibility of political issues being discussed in addition to economic issues. He reiterated that there can be no talks on recognising Kosovo's independence.
Nevertheless, Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, has spoken of the possibility of delaying talks between Kosovo and Serbia planned to be held on September 2nd in Washington and the United States.
He said nothing has been decided yet, but there are signals that there may be a two-day “extension, or something like that”.
He told reporters that he does not know which topics he will be presenting to the host of the meeting, in addition to the topics of the economy, which have already been informed of.
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The meeting at the White House was originally scheduled for 27 June, but plans failed because Kosovo's Special Prosecutorship in The Hague published the announcement of the establishment of still unconfirmed charges against Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and Democratic Party Chairman Kadri Veselin as suspects of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
On 16 July, Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vucic, held the first meeting after 20 months mediated by the European Union.
The two leaders discussed the issue of missing persons during the war, economic development and reconciliation to continue talks on September 7th.
