Serbia and Kosovo Leaders Fail to Reach Agreement on Borders and Mutual Recognition

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have failed to reach an agreement on long-standing problems of borders and mutual recognition, which have increased tensions in the Balkans and exacerbated instability in Europe amid the war in Ukraine. Josep Borrell, head of European diplomacy, said this. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti held talks in Brussels, which Borrell said were “in crisis management mode”. “To date, there is no agreement,” Borrel said after the meeting. Kurti and Vucic agreed to hold more discussions in the coming days to speed up soothing the relations of their countries, which were at war in 1998-1999, he said. Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo escalated again in late July when the Kurti government announced that Serbian ID cards and license plates would no longer be valid in Kosovo. Голос Америки