Havenier: I trust the EU when it says one of the conditions for Serbia to be its member is to recognise Kosovo

However, Houvenier hopes that in the long term, this process will be of mutual eventual recognition.

This is a very difficult question and I'm not sure you know the answer. I can only stress that the U.S. expectations are that in the long term this will happen”.

The long-term “process will be with eventual mutual recognition. I trust Serbia when it says it wants to become an EU member. I trust the EU when it says that they want Serbia to become a member of the EU, but that one word will be recognition of Kosovo. And I think we hope in that process and strongly encourage that process to take place”, said Havener. /Periscopi/