The EU’s special envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, is expected to visit Kosovo on January 20, and then Serbia, to prepare the ground for the continuation of the high-level dialogue in Brussels.

The European Union envoy will be accompanied by the American emissary for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar.

The two envoys have recently acted jointly in order to increase the chances of success in the dialogue.

In Brussels, they have said several times that the EU-US joint engagement has proved useful in persuading the parties to reduce tensions.

On January 9, Escobar and Lajcak met with the ambassadors of the NATO countries, with whom they discussed the situation in Kosovo and the region, and presented to them the plans for the continuation of the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, which is mediated by the European bloc.