Les: Posting, proof that Trump considers Kosovo unfinished work will require partition in exchange for recognition by Serbia

Timothy Les says Donald Trump has not forgotten Kosovo and that he considers it an unfinished “ ”.

The former British diplomat told Gazeta Express that the post in which the president of the United States of America mentioned Kosovo and Serbia Sunday also warned that his administration could regain the leading role in the talks.

Les points out that the first “that should be taken into account when it comes to Donald Trump is not to overreach when he says something”, and in himself, he “this last post does not mean much”, according to him.

“Trumpies”, he says, only becomes important when he repeats a point several times”.

But Les sees a “test” in the posting of Trump on ʹTruth Socialʹ.

“What we can reasonably conclude is that Trump has not forgotten Kosovo and that he considers that work unfinished. In this sense, the post is the first test since Trump's return that his administration can again assume the leading role in negotiations”, he says.

The head of the Geopolitical Risk Analysis Group at Cambridge University says the post shows Trump is “aware that stability in Kosovo has deteriorated during the Biden presidency of”.

“Posting also suggests Trump is aware that stability in Kosovo has deteriorated during the Biden presidency, and he has blamed this deterioration for mistakes made by Beden. This means that, if the US were to resume negotiations, it would approach the Kosovo issue in a way different from the Benden administration”.

Asked what could happen to the Kosovo issue, he cites changing borders a approach which he says Trump has shown in other parts of the world.

And beyond that, we can speculate about what might happen next. The president from the first term of the task project suggests he would seek to resolve Kosovo's status under an agreement involving sharing in exchange for recognition. It has also shown a flexible approach to borders in other parts of the world, from Ukraine to Greenland”, Les says.

For the former diplomat, significant is the fact that Richard Green restored Trump's comments, reports Express, broadcast Periscope.

Then there is the fact that Trump has employed Richard Green as being sent for special missions a man close to Trump and that he is kind to Serbia, who is likely to push for partition as a solution to the Kosovo problem. And the transfer of Trump's comments by Grenelli suggests he is willing to engage in Kosovo”, he says.

But how should Kosovo operate in this situation?

“As for what Kosovo should do, it is not my job to say, beyond the obvious point that Kosovo should have a functional government that can make decisions, if the US decides to take the lead in negotiations”, Les says.

A possible agreement brokered and supervised by Trump, Les says it would require Kosovo to give up the north, but would require Serbia's immediate recognition of its neighbour.

For the priorities of a Trump-monitored agreement, it would probably come with the negative side that Kosovo would be required to give up the north instead of granting autonomy, as the Ohrid Agreement requires. But it would also come with an important priority: exactly a requirement for Serbia to recognise Kosovo and do it immediately, something for which the Ohrid Agreement is unclear”, he says.

Trump believes that as he wrote, he has stopped a war that was about to explode between Kosovo and Serbia, and that his predecessor, Joe Biden, has damaged the long-term perspective with some decisions made”.

“I will fix it, again”, the American president warned. /Periscope/