U.S. message: "Pristina has the right not to accept territorial changes, but then..."

It is also said that "if Albin Kurti is not interested in the Washington agreement, then that agreement is dead."
As Bolton points out, the important question is what attitude the Biden administration will take towards the Balkans in relation to Trump, but also that Washington is currently dealing more with domestic issues than with foreign policy.
Asked how much the Balkans are in the focus of the current US administration, he said:
"Well, it's obviously an important question, but I don't think we really know the answer at the moment. Biden's campaign has avoided answering many foreign and domestic questions, and I think the Biden administration is focusing on domestic issues at the moment, not foreign policy, so I don't know when we will get an answer to that question".
He further states that when he tried to interfere in the agreement between Pristina and Belgrade, and at the suggestion of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, among others, and when he was a US national security adviser, Europeans were very unhappy when they heard about his interest.
"The EU has been negotiating for more than a decade without any significant progress and the US would contribute to a new perspective. I believe that reaching an agreement should be a priority, even if compromises need to be made that seem painful, because then you can move forward in every way. For example, in terms of the name of Macedonia and the change to North Macedonia, it is still the same country, with the same people, the issue with Greece has been resolved and we hope that everyone can move forward together," he said. A
sked whether the Washington agreement is dead after all statements by Prime Minister Kurti that it is not good for Kosovo, he states that it is if...

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