Schollet: EU proposal for normalisation will base mutual recognition

According to him, this is the direction Kosovo and Serbia must follow to achieve their Euro-Atlantic destination.

The first “Pic is important not to see a repeat of this crisis. Much of what was needed by our energy has been spent over the past few weeks to avoid the worsening crisis and escalating it into something that no one wanted to see, in violence. Instead, diplomatic energy should focus on the future of Kosovo and Serbia should be discussed for the normalisation proposal, which the EU has submitted, which will have mutual recognition based. This is the direction for Kosovo and Serbia to reach their Euro-Atlantic destination”, Chollet has said in an interview for the Voice of America.

Speaking of barricades in the north, Chollet has said they did not want to see such a crisis repeat.

However, unfortunately the recent frustrations have increased tensions in the region and occupied our entire time. It's good news we avoided this crisis. What we don't want to see is a repeat of this crisis within weeks for something else. So we want to move forward now and therefore come to the region soon, as I intend to do together with my colleagues, is a good time to try for a new beginning for this effort in the new year”, he has declared.

On the issue of association, Chollet said it was a priority for the United States of America.

“is a priority for us, United States. We were very clear about this. We believe that it is a commitment that has been undertaken and that must be raised. It's clearly a key step. But there are many other issues. Both sides here have obligations. Both sides have things we would like to see them move forward. So we have to have these conversations as early as”, he said Cholls.

As far as the French-German proposal is concerned, adviser to The UN has said that it is “a accessible direction”, but that it will take a lot of hard work and decisions by leaders of the two countries.

I don't want to deal with the details of what the EU has proposed. I think sometimes, in any negotiations, it's best to leave these details behind closed doors until they are ready. But we think that the EU has provided a accessible direction, a good direction. Again, it will be difficult. It'll take a lot of work. It will take difficult decisions and courage from leaders to set aside divisions and do what is in their country's best interests. And the two leaders -- in Kosovo and Serbia -- have expressed their desire to be on the path towards greater integration into the Euro-Atlantic community. We highly support that desire. We want to see them take steps to achieve this goal, and we want to do what we can to help them accomplish this”, he said.