The special envoy of the United States of America for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, will participate as an observer in the new round of dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, which will be held on March 18 in Ohrid, North Macedonia. confirmed the US Embassy in Skopje.
"The United States fully supports the EU-facilitated dialogue. Escobar will travel to Ohrid in North Macedonia to support this process", the American Embassy in Skopje told REL.
In the meeting between the prime minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, the European bloc expects the leaders to agree on the implementation plan of the European proposal for the normalization of relations.
On February 27, Kurti and Vucic agreed that there is no longer a need for negotiations on the proposal and expressed their willingness to work on the implementation plan.
On March 18, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, and the bloc's envoy for dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, will first hold bilateral meetings with Kurti and Vucic, and then a joint meeting is planned.
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Escobar this week in Kosovo and Serbia
Bilateral meetings are expected to start on Saturday morning. Prime Minister Kurti expressed his willingness to sign the European proposal during the Ohrid meeting, but Vučić expressed his opinion that it does not "come to his mind" to sign "Serbia's capitulation".
The EU proposal aims to lead the parties to an agreement on the full normalization of relations. This proposal also has the support of the United States, which has argued that "there is no better agreement"./REL
