America’s support is not in cash
The expert assured our newspaper: If the parties are not ready to carry out the tasks they have undertaken, they will have to take into account several consequences, so in this case the financial support will disappear, Kosovo will not get visa liberalization, and in the case of Serbia, it will be reviewed and Belgrade will not be able to Go ahead and do the merger.
Relations between the United States of America and Kosovo are strong and this will not change. this Tell After Gabriel Escobar’s visit to Pristina. But Washington’s special envoy for the Western Balkans admitted that the political relationship with Prime Minister Albin Kurti was fraught with challenges.
Shortly after Belgrade and Pristina agreed in Ohrid, North Macedonia, to seek normalization of relations between them, crisis erupted again in Kosovo. US and EU diplomats are now doing the firefighting work again, after And the demonstrations that broke out in the northern part of the country turned into bloody clashes, in which, in addition to the Serbs, a number of KFOR soldiers, including Hungarians, were wounded.
Daniel Fried, a former US diplomat, said that the United States believes that Pristina caused the current crisis in Kosovo by making serious mistakes. He added: It is wrong to take American support for granted and pretend that it is permanent no matter what It is happening.
Kosovo must seize this opportunity and strengthen its position and under no circumstances treat the United States as if it is blindly and endlessly supporting it. It would be unwise to take advantage of the United States and Europe
Fried said. The former US diplomat added that he hopes Albin Kurti will realize he has gone too far and find a way to back off.
COVER PHOTO: US soldiers from KFOR, the peacekeeping force in Kosovo under NATO command, stand guard in front of the town hall in Liposavici on June 2, 2023 (Photo: MTI/EPA/Georgi Licovszki)
