Analyst from Washington: I don't see any quick way to solve the Kosovo crisis- Serbia

Damir Marushiq, senior associate of the European Centre of Atlantic Council from Washington, says Prime Minister Kurti has a strategy that is trying to activate Europeans and put pressure on Serbia. He says that from the impressions he has since met Kurti, Kosovo Prime Minister “says what he believes”

Marushiq has commented on the August 18th meeting between Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq. In an interview for Radio Free Europe, he told him there is no hope that a final agreement will soon be reached.

According to him, diplomacy that encourages tensions is a dangerous game in a tense situation in northern Kosovo.

Marushiq says Prime Minister Kurti is pushing “a” line in negotiations with Serbia.

“On one side, it really seems that we are in a serious loop, where it is hard to see when the result will be achieved. But at the same time, it has to do with diplomacy. I think (Kosovo Prime Minister) Albin Kurti is pushing this line, which in principle should highlight objections before any results can be achieved. The role of diplomacy is to deal with such situations and to be creative with them. Of course, what is necessary is a good will from both sides, and we haven't seen this”, he said.

According to Marushiqi, Kurti has a strategy to push Europeans to deal more intensively with dialogue and pressure Serbia. But, says analyst, the Egyptians are only interested in stabilisation.

“I think Kurti's logic is that by insisting on and highlighting the contradictions in the dialogue, it will move Europeans to be more active and pressure Serbia to reconcile. What I am seeing so far, however, Europeans are not specifically engaged in this. They're only interested in stabilising the” situation.

Maroush says he met Kurt and that he says what he believes.

It's definitely his negotiating position. I met Kurt twice. I believe there is a man who generally says what he believes. Unlike when we often have to find out what someone's negotiating position is, I think with Kurt, he believes that increasing pressure can lead to any results, or any added pressure on Serbia, to reach a final agreement. He is determined to do so. But I don't see any quick way to solve the crisis, just as things are currently”, says analyst from Washington.