Bosch: Serbian list pressure Serbs in the north for non-co-operation with Kosovo

Through a Facebook post, Bosch says Serbia must be publicly condemned for intervention in Kosovo.

“A will help prevent Borel/Lajcak's extreme understanding of Belgrade's view. As I have written before, it is the Serbian List, which pressures Serbs in the north not to co-operate with Kosovo and de facto makes life impossible for moderate Serbs. The EU obviously doesn't want to know this... why?

Would that help prevent Borel/Lajre's extreme understanding of Belgrade's view? As I have written before, it is the SL that pressures Serbs in the north not to co-operate with Pristina, and de facto makes life impossible for moderate Serbs. The EU obviously doesn't want to know this... why?

Western politicians call for balance and proportionality in relations with Kosovo, Serbia (media)

Most of the media cover a joint letter signed by Senator Bob Menandez, US Senate Foreign Relations Commission Chairman Michael Roth, chairman of the German Bundestag Foreign Affairs Commission, Deputy Alicia Kearns, Chairman of the United Kingdom Foreign Affairs Committee and heads of foreign countries. Committees of affairs from several other countries, addressed to James Cleverly, United Kingdom Foreign Minister Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State and Josep Borrell, chief of EU foreign affairs”, he said.

He also stressed in his letter:

“We write to raise our concerns about current EU, US and United Kingdom policy towards Serbia-Kosovo relations. We believe that recent events and crises have highlighted shortcomings in our collective approach and would require that it be reviewed.

While our focus should remain on normalising relations and the ongoing Euro-Atlantic road for both Serbia and Kosovo, the recent riots require that all sides be focused on deceleration and prevention.

Kosovo Serbs' municipal election boycott on April 23rd, the subsequent attack on KFOR soldiers on May 29th, and the arbitrary ban by Kosovo police from Serbian authorities on June 14th all point to a rapid deterioration of the situation, which not only threatens the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue. But regional peace itself. Recent findings of weapons depots in northern Kosovo and reports of continued arms smuggling across the Serbia-Kosovo border highlight the risks of further escalation.

Kosovo is a sovereign state and a functional democracy. This fact should be the basis of our collective policy on the current crisis. Efforts to undermine democratic elections in Kosovo from Serbia must be publicly criticised as foreign intervention with tangible measures implemented to hold those responsible if they continue to undermine free and fair elections. This will help facilitate future elections with full participation by all communities present in northern municipalities. We need to exercise preventive diplomacy if the current crisis should be resolved, the EU-launched dialogue must yield positive results and implementation of the Ohrid Agreement is respected with respect”, Bosch has ruled.