Escobar: I am satisfied with the conversation with Vučić

Gabriel Escobar said tonight that he was satisfied with the conversation with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, and that he liked the tone and content of the discussion.
In an interview with Euronews Serbia, he emphasized that there is no formal deadline for reaching an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, but that the desire is for the process to end as soon as possible.
"We would like an agreement as soon as possible. If we had it tomorrow, we would accept it tomorrow. If it takes two years, then two years. But we have to move quickly, because every confrontation we see between Kosovo and Serbia is more and more dangerous", Escobar said.
According to him, the last dispute over the barricades could have been violent, and that is why it is urgently necessary to work on it. "What I want to see at the end of the process is the commitment of the European Union to the expansion to the Western Balkans and the countries of the Western Balkans right on the path of integration into the European Union in a reasonable period.
"By reasonable, I don't mean 20 years. I mean much earlier," Escobar said.
He reminds that the ongoing dialogue is a process under the auspices of the European Union and that is why he does not want to speak on their behalf, but that the US fully supports that process and "we will support that Serbia and Kosovo take concrete steps in the best possible way".
He assessed that the formation of the Community of Serbian Municipalities was already too late. "It is a legally binding international obligation of Serbia and Kosovo. Therefore, one party and one person cannot give up that obligation. So, the community will be established, and the question is how to get there sooner," Escobar said explicitly.
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