EU on Vučić's statements: Avoid statements that do not help normalization

“Only through dialogue can progress be achieved in the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia. Statements and actions that are inconsistent with this goal should be avoided,” says an EU spokesperson. “Progress in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina is a prerequisite for each side to progress on their European path.”

The European Union has reiterated its call for restraint from inflammatory statements that do not help achieve the goal of normalizing relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

This was stated by an EU spokesperson in response to questions regarding recent statements by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić at a military ceremony on the territorial integrity of Kosovo. Vučić said at that ceremony that Kosovo is part of Serbia and that the military has a constitutional duty to protect the territorial integrity of Serbia.

This was criticized in Kosovo as a direct threat to Kosovo.

In their reactions, the EU has called for normalization to be achieved through dialogue, reminding once again that this normalization is a condition for advancement in the European integration process.

"Only through dialogue can progress be achieved in the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia. Statements and actions that are inconsistent with this goal should be avoided," says an EU spokesperson in Brussels.

"Progress in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina is a prerequisite for each side for their progress on the European path," the spokesperson further said.

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The EU has previously criticized as unacceptable a statement by a Serbian government minister that she would carry out ethnic cleansing of Kosovo in the late 1990s.

The EU has consistently called on the parties, not only in Kosovo and Serbia, but throughout the region, to refrain from inflammatory statements, denial of war crimes or glorification of those responsible for these crimes, and to work towards a genuine normalization of relations between neighbors.