"Kosovo is not ready to negotiate borders"

US Special Envoy for the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer adds that he believes that there are much more productive areas for discussion at this moment that need to be addressed.
Such as, for example, missing persons, an area around which both parties can reach an agreement.
At the same time, he points out that the United States encourages, "as it has done so far, the full implementation of the Brussels Agreement, and all its areas, including the Community of Serb Municipalities (CSM)."
Tomorrow, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State ends his two-day visit to Serbia, which he started in order to start the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina from the deadlock together with the EU representative Miroslav Lajcak.
In an interview with "Blic", he said that he would like to see both sides seriously engage again in the process that will lead to an agreement and normalization of relations, and open the way to Europe.
Asked whether Kurti and Vui could be the ones to sign the agreement in 2021, Palmer said that he thought it was absolutely possible.
"I think it is absolutely possible. But it is really up to them, and what we would like is to encourage them to get involved. Both President Vucic and Prime Minister Kurti have strong political support, they are in a position to get seriously involved in the whole process, identify the parts where an agreement can be reached and help move the whole process forward".
He points out that the goal of the dialogue is complete normalization of relations. And he says that is what is necessary in order to re-establish the European perspective that both Serbia and Kosovo aspire to. On the conclusion that Serbia does not recognize Kosovo, the US special envoy for the Western Balkans says that...