On the eve of the September 4 agreement signed in Washington between Kosovo and Serbia, the US State Department has called for everything signed a year ago to be respected.
In a response to Klankosova.tv, this department states that the US supports the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, stressing that this issue must be addressed urgently.
"We are continuing to work with Kosovo and Serbia to implement the commitments they have made in support of the goal of comprehensive normalization of relations. The United States is ready to support the work towards a comprehensive and binding agreement between Kosovo and Serbia, based on mutual recognition, which lays the foundations for long-term cooperation and well-being", said the DASH spokesperson, Ned Rice.
"We support the dialogue mediated by the European Union and urge the parties to re-engage in this process with a sense of urgency to address political and technical issues."
"We hope that our partners will respect in good faith the commitments made in Washington last year. We therefore encourage both parties to prioritize efforts to build political trust through serious and necessary participation in the dialogue process facilitated by the EU".
One point of the agreement reached a year ago, signed by Avdullah Hoti as Prime Minister of Kosovo and Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia, mediated by Donald Trump who was President of the USA, is that of the moratorium regarding recognition-de-recognition .
DASH invites both parties to be careful in such points.
"We also encourage Kosovo and Serbia to increase cooperation in areas of common interest, such as the recovery related to the pandemic and the improvement of economic and trade relations. In order to support and succeed in dialogue and other efforts, we encourage both sides to maintain their moratoriums on the issue of recognition that complicate progress in technical areas."
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