Washington’s special envoy 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.
This is what the American Embassy in Skopje confirmed for Radio Free Europe.
“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 Vucic, 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 readiness 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.
